I. -rēən adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Missouri (state & people) + English -an
1. : of, relating to, or characteristic of the state of Missouri
2. : of, relating to, or characteristic of Missourians
3. : of or relating to the subdivision of the Pennsylvanian geologic period between the Desmoinesian and the Virgilian — see geologic time table
II. noun
( -s )
Usage: capitalized
: a native or resident of Missouri