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plural Sooners
(informal) A native or resident of the American state of Oklahoma
(collegiate sports) A competitor representing the University of Oklahoma. examples
(historical) One who crossed into Indian territory before the official opening of settlement in the Oklahoma land rush, in order to obtain land sooner. quotations
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.
1930, Edna Ferber, Cimarron, page 27