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noun
A native or resident of the American state of Nebraska.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
Any of a number of sports teams in Nebraska.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
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noun
A person or device that removes husks from corn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: cornshucker
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noun
A person who is a native or resident of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: capitalized, usually
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noun
A yokel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Synonyms: corncob, hayseed, bogger, bogtrotter, boor, bucolic, bydlo, culchie, carl, churl, cornhusker, country bumpkin, country cousin, clodhopper, dubbo, joskin, hick, hob, hobnail, hog-rubber, honyock, hunk, lob, promdi, provincial, rube, rustic, woolly back, yokel
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noun
a native or resident of Nebraska
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Nebraskan
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Broader terms: American
noun
a worker who husks corn
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: worker
History
From corn + husker.
