What does "kaintuck" mean?

A native or resident of Kentucky, especially one who has a rustic character.

What is a synonym for "kaintuck"?

Common synonyms include: kentuckian, kentuckian, kentucky, kentucky.

adj, name, noun

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Noun

1
A native or resident of Kentucky, especially one who has a rustic character. US, dialectal
""Sech deescriptions . . . brings back my yearlin' days in good old Tennessee. We-all is a heaplike you Kaintucks down our way.""
2
A worker, especially one having a crude or rowdy manner, on a boat that transported commercial goods on the Mississippi River. US, dialectal, obsolete
"Most New Orleans citizens . . . were used to the Kentucky riverboatmen, the Kaintucks others called them; they called themselves alligator-horses, and they were largely a rough and tumble breed."

Adjective

1
Of or pertaining to the US state of Kentucky. US, dialectal, not-comparable
"His single shot had clipped a boulder right by Coe's head, just the way a Kaintuck rifleman barks a squirrel."

Proper Noun

1
The US state of Kentucky. US, dialectal
"Si Higgins he's ben over to Kaintuck n' married a high-toned gal thar, outen the fust families."

"His single shot had clipped a boulder right by Coe's head, just the way a Kaintuck rifleman barks a squirrel."

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