Illinoisan
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5.8
- noun
- /ˌɪlɪˈnɔɪzən/
- Anna eyed Sandy Magnus, a fellow Illinoisan and STS-135 mission specialist, standing with her crewmates Doug Hurley and Rex Walheim.
- fellow Illinoisan
- Southern Illinoisan
Examples
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As an Illinoisan, I am offended that "outside sources have been, and continue to be, pouring millions upon millions of dollars" into our local and state elections.
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Every Illinoisan, from Waukegan to Carbondale, is thankful for that this week.
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Only injury or disgrace from a guest prevented an Illinoisan from acting hospitably.
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I wish Chicago would belong to another state; we Illinoisans are sick and tired of Chicago dictating what goes on in the rest of the state.
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Republicans are dead set on a "no borrowing" pledge, even though they concede that the current situation forces ordinary Illinoisans to carry the state's debt load.
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Meyer is the third Illinoisan to win the award.
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From an Illinoisan's perspective, I find that discouraging.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Illinoisan comes from the place name Illinois plus the ending -an, which means 'from' or 'belonging to', as in Californian. The name Illinois itself comes from a Native American word for a group of 'people' that French explorers wrote down long ago. So an Illinoisan is someone 'from Illinois'.