jayhawk n.
1. (US) a rustic, a simpleton, a novice, a newcomer.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | ‘Pejorative Terms for Midwest Farmers’ in AS XXXIII:4 265: [...] jayhawk [...] jayhawker. |
2. (US) a mythical bird used as an emblem of Kansas.
| Eve. Missourian (Columbia, MO) 29 Nov. 2/1: All is yours but a Jayhawn victory - on such generosities we draw the line. | |
| Golden Whales of Calif. 19: Oh, the long-horns from Texas, / The jay hawks from Kansas. | |
| Chicago Daily News 14 Feb. 8/3: We [in Kansas] have Jayhawk theaters, Jayhawk restaurants, Jayhawk lumber yards; the fabulous Jayhawk is the insignia not only of our state university, but of scores of other concerns [DA]. | |
| Good Words 326: Jayhawk [...] The mascot of the University of Kansas. |
3. (US) a native of Kansas [combines senses 1 + 2].
| (con. c.1900) King Blood (1989) 74: Sooner [...] was to become an affectionate second-name for Oklahoma [...] as was Jayhawk for Kansas and Cornhusker for Nebraska. |