Minnesotan

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English

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Etymology

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From Minnesota +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

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(General American) IPA(key): /ˌmɪnəˈsoʊtən/, [ˌmɪnəˈso(ʊ)ʔn̩]

Adjective

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Minnesotan (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Minnesota.

Noun

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Minnesotan (plural Minnesotans)

  1. A native or resident of the state of Minnesota in the United States of America.
    • 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Penguin, published 1976, →OCLC, page 29:
      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.
    • 2015, Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, Peak Oil: Apocalyptic Environmentalism and Libertarian Political Culture, page 114:
      [] 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. []

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Proper noun

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Minnesotan

  1. genitive singular of Minnesota

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