Minnesotan

From Minnesota +‎ -an.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪnəˈsoʊtən/, [ˌmɪnəˈso(ʊ)ʔn̩]

Minnesotan (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Minnesota.

Minnesotan (plural Minnesotans)

1. A native or resident of the state of Minnesota in the United States of America.
   • 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Penguin, published 1976, →OCLC, page 29:

     When he was finished, as such, he was wringing wet, and now he had to edge and shimmy his way back, and with a most woebegone look, and everybody laughing, except the sad blond boy, and the Minnesotans roaring in the cab.

   • 2015, Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, Peak Oil: Apocalyptic Environmentalism and Libertarian Political Culture, page 114:

     […] while a Minnesotan in her early thirties summed up the general influence of apocalyptic popular culture: “I think it has made me more of a doomer. […]

   • 2017 October 15, “Reader Response: It's Duck, Duck, Gray Duck”, in Mankato Free Press‎^[1], archived from the original on 10 March 2023:

     "If you are a true Minnesotan it is gray duck," wrote Darold Schaefer. "If not it would be goose. The only time that gray goose is acceptable is if it is vodka."

• American

Minnesotan

1. genitive singular of Minnesota

• nostaminen