Jayhawker

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jayhawker \Jay"hawk`er\, n.
     A name given to a free-booting, unenlisted, armed man or
     guerrilla.
  
     Note: [A term of opprobrium used in the war of 1861-65, U.
           S.]


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