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hawkeye

hawkeye

9.0
A person from Iowa, often a student or fan of the University of Iowa teams
  • noun
  • /ˈhɔːkaɪ/
translation icon : Hawkeye
  • As a proud Iowa Hawkeye, she never misses a football game at the university.

For me, it's not like that I became an Iowa Hawkeyes fan.

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Examples

  • Today we sit with Angel Reese and Flage Johnson, whose LSU Tigers capped the March Madness by beating the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Player of the Year, Caitlin Clark.

  • Our wrest, our Hawkeye Wrestling club is, is where it needs to be in terms of how they help in their role.

  • For me, it's not like that I became an Iowa Hawkeyes fan.

  • So our big is our big team is the Iowa Hawkeyes University here.

  • I became an Iowa Hawkeyes female basketball fan.

  • Yeah, Iowa Hawkeyes, NSC Volunteers, NSC Vols.

  • Today we sit with Angel Reese and Flage Johnson, who's LSU Tigers cap the March Madness by beating the Iowa Hawkeyes and the player of the year, Caitlin Clark.

  • The Iowa Hawkeyes have a strong tradition of excellence in college athletics.

  • Every true Hawkeye supports the University of Iowa teams with enthusiasm and pride.

Synonyms

Iowan
vshawkeye
2 4.9

A person who lives in the U.S. state of Iowa

is used for people connected to the university and its teams rather than all residents

Compounds

1 7.8

A nickname for the state of Iowa in the United States

Surface Forms

hawkeye singular
hawkeyes plural

Morphology

hawkeye = hawk + eye (opaque) = hawk + eye

Although formally hawk+eye, the sense 'person from Iowa/University of Iowa supporter' is a historical/nickname usage and not inferable from the component meanings.

Etymology

Hawkeye comes from the state's nickname 'Hawkeye', a name linked to the Native American leader Black Hawk and to an old local paper called the Hawk-Eye. So people from the University of Iowa, especially students and fans, are called Hawkeyes.