cornhusker

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Cornhusker¹

noun Cornhuskers

  1. informal A native or resident of the American state of Nebraska.
  2. in plural Any of a number of sports teams in Nebraska. Two weeks later, the Cornhuskers put on their road whites again and promptly got schooled by miserable Iowa State in Ames. After the shocking loss […]

cornhusker²

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From corn + husker.

noun cornhuskers

  1. A person or device that removes husks from corn.

    Similar: cornshucker

  2. capitalized, usually A person who is a native or resident of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
  3. informal A yokel.

    Similar: corncob, hayseed, bogger, bogtrotter, boor, bucolic, bydlo, culchie, carl, churl, cornhusker, country bumpkin

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@misc{cornhusker_2026,
  title = {cornhusker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cornhusker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}