Louisianan
Americannoun
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Louisianans
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adjective
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Now battling blood cancer, the Louisianan is not a clear lock.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2023
That would see Mr Barnes shatter a US record set three years ago by another Louisianan, Normandie Cormier.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2023
The executive chef in El Segundo, a round, gray-whiskered Louisianan named Whitney Wilson, eagerly pointed out that his wings — the most popular item on the menu — are double-brined and marinated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2022
Yet this was the standard method of production until a clever Louisianan named Norbert Rillieux upended it.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 26, 2022
The favorites on the Louisianan rent the air with their yells, hats went into the air, while the friends of the Virginian shouted like mad to the rider: "Let him out, let him out."
From History of Kershaw's Brigade by D. Augustus Dickert
“I felt that boredom was, to Louisianans, or must be, much worse than corruption,” Ms. Lemann writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
This outcome gave Black Louisianans, who make up roughly one-third of the state’s population, a meaningful opportunity to elect their preferred candidate in just one district, while white voters dominated the other five.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2025
Predominantly monochrome photos taken during the “Kindness” production feature Stone, co-star Jesse Plemons and sometimes random Louisianans posing, often, with their faces obscured or turned away from the lens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2025
Louisianans approved a constitutional amendment in 1997 that barred convicted felons from seeking or holding public office for 15 years following the completion of their sentence.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
A great many were Southerners, including a number of long, lank, dark Arkansans, Georgians, Louisianans and Mississippians.
From Gold Seekers of '49 by Charles H. Stephens
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