Illinoisan
Americannoun
adjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Illinoisan
Example Sentences
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What would Durbin’s fellow Illinoisan, Bob “Chicago Pope” Prevost, say about all this?
From Slate • Oct. 4, 2025
The perimeter had been established because the jail was on night shift lockdown status, the Southern Illinoisan reported.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2022
Interim Chancellor John M. Dunn said research has shown the most important predictor of college success is a student’s high school grade point average, The Southern Illinoisan reported.
From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2019
The Southern Illinoisan reports that the road winding through the Shawnee National Forest will close to vehicles beginning Sunday.
From Washington Times • Aug. 26, 2019
The General Manager of this big anti-famine organisation is a young Illinoisan, named C. S. Funk.
From The Romance of the Reaper by Casson, Herbert Newton
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