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Webster 1913 Edition
Jayhawker
Jay′hawkˊer
,Noun.
A name given to a free-booting, unenlisted, armed man or guerrilla.
[A term of opprobrium used in the war of 1861-65, U. S.]
Definition 2024
jayhawker
jayhawker
English
Noun
jayhawker (plural jayhawkers)
- (historical) An abolitionist raider in the Kansas-Missouri border skirmishes during the American Civil War.
- Any robber or bandit.