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Kansan, n. and a.|ˈkænzən|
[f. Kansas, the name of one of the United States: see -an.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of the State of Kansas; = Kansian.
1868J. N. Holloway Hist. Kansas 574 At a favorable opportunity the Kansans seized the Ruffians,..and held them for trial. 1924M. Cretcher (title) The Kansan. 1964Amer. Folk Music Occasional i. 40 Now I am teamed up with another singer. He's a Kansan like myself. 1973Times 9 Nov. 12/1 The editor of the Journal of Salina, Kansas..suggests Kansans are longing for Mr Nixon to make a last-minute comeback.
B. adj. Geol. Of, pertaining to, or designating the second Pleistocene glaciation of North America, which was probably contemporary with the Mindel glaciation in the Alps. Also absol., the Kansan glaciation or the deposits it produced.
1894in J. Geikie Gt. Ice Age (ed. 3) xlii. 755 While the formation in Kansas is subordinately divisible, it appears to be an essential unity, and therefore the name Kansan formation is selected..as a convenient designation of the outermost drift sheet. 1896,1957[see Illinoian a.].
Add:[B.] 2. gen. Of, pertaining to, or belonging to the State of Kansas. Somewhat rare.
1909Cent. Dict. (Suppl.) 678/1 Kansan,..of or pertaining to the State of Kansas. 1915Lit. Digest 10 Apr. 830/3 ‘Kansas Language.’ This is the phrase coined by William Allen White in 1908 to signify the kind of speech that rings with true Kansan loyalty and idealism. 1936F. Palmer This Man Landon i. 5 Sharing the eastern view of Kansan ardor for any son or cause adopted by Kansas I was surprised to find how relatively restrained Kansans I met in the east were about Landon. 1987R. Berthould Henry Moore xi. 224 George Ablah, the Kansan collector, tried unsuccessfully to buy the Stevenage cast. |