Sooner
See also: sooner
English
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -uːnə(ɹ)
Noun
editSooner (plural Sooners)
- (informal) A native or resident of the American state of Oklahoma
- (collegiate sports) A competitor representing the University of Oklahoma.
- (historical) One who crossed into Indian territory before the official opening of settlement in the Oklahoma land rush, in order to obtain land sooner.
- Coordinate term: Boomer
- 1930, Edna Ferber, Cimarron, page 27:
- Some skunk of a Sooner, sneaking in ahead of the Run, had set the blaze to keep the Boomers off, saving the land for himself.