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Sooner State

Sooner State proper noun: official nickname for Oklahoma: a state of the United States.

Proper noun

the Sooner State

  1. Official nickname for Oklahoma: a state of the United States.
    • Oklahoma has almost, but never quite elected a Republican Governor. But in national politics the Sooner State has twice strayed from the Democratic reservation (Harding and Hoover).1943 August 16, “U.S. At War: Every Democrat for Himself”, in Time

Words formed from Sooner State

Questions about Sooner State

What does Sooner State mean?
Sooner State means official nickname for Oklahoma: a state of the United States.
What part of speech is Sooner State?
Sooner State is a proper noun.

Words near Sooner State in the dictionary

  1. Soonees
  2. sooner
  3. sooner child
  4. sooner or later
  5. sooner rather than later
  6. Sooner State
  7. Sooner Stater
  8. sooner than later
  9. sooner then later
  10. Sooners
  11. soonest

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