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Kansan

American  
[kan-zuhn] / ˈkæn zən /

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Kansas.

  2. Geology. the Kansan Stage.


adjective

  1. of or relating to the state of Kansas.

  2. Geology. of or relating to the second stage of the Pleistocene glaciation of North America.

Kansan British  
/ ˈkænzən /

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Kansas

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to Kansas or its inhabitants

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • post-Kansan adjective

Etymology

Origin of Kansan

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; Kans(as) + -an

Example Sentences

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There was a rodeo announcer from Idaho, a Kansan whose family owns a dairy farm, and a retired government worker who auctioned spectrum for the Federal Communications Commission.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

The Nebraska-born Walz also emanates the positivity of Ted Lasso, a Kansan, minus the stuffed-down crippling depression and the barrage of folksy similes.

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2024

Cooley was an 18-year-old Kansan who had never been to New York, let alone seen a Broadway show, and he had never even worked on a stage production alongside grown-ups.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2023

She obtained a bachelor’s degree in journalism at the University of Kansas, where she was the managing editor of the Daily Kansan.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2023

The Bureau’s Garden City representative, and the agent responsible for a sizable portion of western Kansas, is a lean and handsome fourth- generation Kansan of forty-seven named Alvin Adams Dewey.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote