Kansan

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adjective

Of, or pertaining to, Kansas or its culture.

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Meanings

adjectiveKansan (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf, or pertaining to, Kansas or its culture.
nounKansan (plural Kansans)

plural Kansans

  1. A native or resident of the state of Kansas in the United States of America.

    A couple of decades ago, Thomas Frank published “What’s the Matter With Kansas?” based on befuddlement that Kansans were apparently voting against their economic self-interest. Doesn’t economics drive voting behavior?

    2025 September 5, Dave Brooks, “Why I Am Not a Liberal”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
proper nounthe Kansan
  1. geographyAn age from 0.48 to 0.28 million years ago, a subdivision of the Pleistocene.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
sunflower stater

Origin

From Kansas + -an.

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Cite this entry
APA

Kansan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kansan

MLA

“Kansan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kansan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kansan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kansan.

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