Seriously, never heard this one before:

VOCABULARY WORD OF THE DAY:

jayhawker

PRONUNCIATION:
(JAY-haw-kuhr)

MEANING:
noun: 1. A robber. 2. A native or resident of Kansas.

ETYMOLOGY:
Originally, a Jayhawker was a member of antislavery guerrillas in Kansas or Missouri during the US Civil War. It’s not clear why they were called Jayhawkers. Earliest documented use: 1860.