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South Dakotan

British  

adjective

  1. of or relating to South Dakota or its inhabitants

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noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of South Dakota

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Kalen DeBoer, a South Dakotan who cut his teeth in the Great Plains Athletic Conference, spent 2019 as the Hoosiers’ offensive coordinator.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

A native South Dakotan who was raised in Yankton by the Missouri river on the Nebraska border, he sticks out not only by his vestments, but with his pale white skin and freckles.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2020

I put those comments to a South Dakotan trust lawyer who agreed to speak to me as long as I didn’t identify them.

From The Guardian • Nov. 14, 2019

“I’ve been a Republican all my life, but I’m a South Dakotan first.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2018

What they all have in common is that a South Dakotan had an idea that they thought was worth an extra $25 annual fee.

From Washington Times • Mar. 3, 2018