Sooner

1 8.1

A person who was born in or lives in Oklahoma

noun
/ˈsuːnər/

: Sooner

The sooners played a significant role in shaping the cultural landscape of Oklahoma.

Examples

- That's a scrubby bunch of sooners, huh?

McLintock! (1963)
Many sooners celebrate their statehood with pride during the annual Oklahoma Day festivities.
You come in with those sooners?

McLintock! (1963)
Yeah, just one big headache to me, trying to keep all them too-sooners out of there.

Cimarron (1960)
As a lifelong sooner, she loves sharing stories about the state's history and traditions.

Synonyms

Oklahoman

vsSooner

6 3.5

A person born in or living in the US state of Oklahoma

is the historical nickname term with extra cultural and sports connotations

Compounds

Sooner State

1 4.8

A nickname for the US state of Oklahoma

Surface Forms

Sooner singular

Sooners plural

Morphology

Sooner = soon (opaque) = soon + er

Although formally built from 'soon' + '-er', the demonym meaning 'resident of Oklahoma' is a historical/cultural sense that cannot be derived from 'soon'.

Etymology

Sooner comes from the everyday word soon, meaning 'early' or 'quickly'; it was first used for people who went into Oklahoma land 'sooner' than the official start of the land run, so today a Sooner simply means a person from Oklahoma.