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South Dakotan

British  

adjective

  1. of or relating to South Dakota or its inhabitants

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of South Dakota

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

The 47-year-old South Dakotan played wide receiver at Sioux Falls from 1993 to 1996.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2021

He believes he became the first South Dakotan to own a Derby horse in at least a half-century, the Yankton Press and Dakotan reports.

From Washington Times • Sep. 28, 2020

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

Here is an example from one academic paper on South Dakotan trusts: after 200 years, $1m placed in trust and growing tax-free at an annual rate of 6% will have become $136bn.

From The Guardian • Nov. 14, 2019

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