Hoosier

[ hoo-zher ]

/ ˈhu ʒər /

a native or inhabitant of Indiana (used as a nickname).

(usually lowercase) any awkward, unsophisticated person, especially a rustic.

Origin of Hoosier

An Americanism dating back to 1920–30; of uncertain origin

Hoo·sier·dom, noun

Our legislators passed laws regarding consent and record keeping to ensure high standards of quality and care for Hoosier women.

Indiana’s Crazy Administrative Abortion Demands Have Doctors Racking Up the Violations |Emily Shire |September 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Indiana The Hoosier State is a bit like Tennessee, a deeply red state that will occasionally back Democrats.

Swing States Sit Out Obamacare: What Four Holdouts Are Doing |David Freedlander |September 27, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
I have already mentioned the absence of pail and pare from the ancient Hoosier folk-speech.

The Hoosier Schoolmaster |Edward Eggleston
James Whitcomb Riley has chosen the homely Hoosier dialect as the clothing of the speaker in most of his monologues.

Browning and the Dramatic Monologue |S. S. Curry

Nearly all the visitors seemed to be Americans, but neither the Yankee type nor the Hoosier was to be found.

Suburban Sketches |William Dean Howells
The history of his youth is set forth in full in "A Hoosier Holiday."

A Book of Prefaces |H. L. Mencken
There is no Spanish word that would give any suggestion of "hoosier."

The Word Hoosier; John Finley |Jacob Piatt Dunn

Hoosier

/ (ˈhuːʒɪə) /

US a native or inhabitant of Indiana

C19: origin unknown