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Definition of: jayhawker
(jā′hô′kər) noun
1. A freebooting guerrilla; especially, one of the border ruffians who, in the Free–soil conflict in Kansas and during the Civil War, combined pillage with guerilla fighting in Missouri and the neighboring states.
2. Any freebooter or robber.
3. A native of Kansas.
4. A tarantula. [Origin uncertain]
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