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Nebraskan, a. and n.|nɪˈbræskən|
[f. Nebraska, name of a state in the central U.S. + -an.]
A. adj.
1. Of, pertaining to, or from Nebraska.
1875E. A. Curley Nebraska xxii. 289 The Mormon fields, irrigated as they are, are much smaller than those of Nebraskan farmers. 1884N.Y. Weekly Tribune 2 Apr. 10/4 The advantages which the Nebraskan Mennonites secure by co-operative purchasing of their implements, machinery, and supplies of all kinds, are manifestly..great. 1933Blunden & Norman We'll shift our Ground 155 Some thesis writer, Nebraskan or Wisconsinese. 1973S. Dobyns Man of Little Evils (1974) x. 96 The story concerned a Nebraskan couple who had been..robbed.
2. Geol. Of, pertaining to, or designating the first Pleistocene glaciation in North America, now generally identified with the Günz glaciation in the Alps. Also absol., the Nebraskan glaciation or the deposits it produced.
1909B. Shimek in Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. XX. 408 The tough, impervious, bluish-black fill which has been known as the sub-Aftonian or pre-Kansan drift in Iowa, is here so well developed, reaching an exposed thickness of more than 15 feet.., that it can no longer be regarded as merely a remnant, but should rank with other well developed drift sheets... This leaves it without a name, and in view of this fact, and of the wide distribution of this formation, the name Nebraskan is proposed for it... The name Nebraskan was suggested to the writer by Professor Calvin. 1930Science 22 Aug. 194/1 The Nebraskan is probably a million years old. 1934,1957[see Illinoian n. and a. B]. 1966Science 11 Nov. 771/3 The Early Pleistocene record in Nebraska is at present interpreted as indicating two stadial advances of the continental glacier during Nebraskan time and three stadial advances during Kansan time. 1970[see Günz].
B. n. A native or inhabitant of Nebraska.
1888[see Minnesotan]. 1900Congress. Rec. 27 Jan. 1241/2 He aided in the nomination of Mr. Bryan for President, and was an enthusiastic supporter of the brilliant Nebraskan. 1948Time 26 Apr. 13/2 Ohioans seemed as friendly to him as Nebraskans. 1969I. Kemp Brit. G.I. in Vietnam iii. 49 The medic, ‘Jake’ Jacobs..was a pale, thin Nebraskan, recently married. |