Meanings
- not comparableOf or pertaining to Minnesota.
plural Minnesotans
- A native or resident of the state of Minnesota in the United States of America.
[…] while a Minnesotan in her early thirties summed up the general influence of apocalyptic popular culture: “I think it has made me more of a doomer. […]
2015, Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, Peak Oil: Apocalyptic Environmentalism and Libertarian Political Culture, page 1142 more examples
When he was finished, as such, he was wringing wet, and now he had to edge and shimmy his way back, and with a most woebegone look, and everybody laughing, except the sad blond boy, and the Minnesotans roaring in the cab.
1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, London: Penguin Books, published 1976, →ISBN, page 29"If you are a true Minnesotan it is gray duck," wrote Darold Schaefer. "If not it would be goose. The only time that gray goose is acceptable is if it is vodka."
2017 October 15, “Reader Response: It's Duck, Duck, Gray Duck”, in Mankato Free Press, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2023
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Finnish minnesotalainen
- minnesotalainenperson from Minnesota
French habitant m du Minnesota
- habitant m du Minnesotaperson from Minnesota
German Mensch aus Minnesota
- Mensch aus Minnesotaperson from Minnesota
Italian abitante m dello Minnesota
- abitante m dello Minnesotaperson from Minnesota
Cite this entry
Minnesotan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Minnesotan
“Minnesotan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Minnesotan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Minnesotan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Minnesotan.
Source: Minnesotan on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.