Okie

O·kie  (??k?)n.1. Often Offensive Slang A migrant farm worker from the south-central United States, especially one seeking work in the West or Southwest during the 1930s and 1940s.2. Slang A native or inhabitant of Oklahoma.[Ok(lahoma) + -ie.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Okie (???k?) n1. an inhabitant of Oklahoma2. an impoverished migrant farm worker, esp one who left Oklahoma during the Depression of the 1930s to work elsewhere in the USCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014O?kie (?o? ki) n. usage: This term is usually used with disparaging intent and perceived as insulting, implying that the farm worker is homeless, poor, uneducated, or the like.?n. Usually Disparaging and Offensive. (a term used to refer to a migrant farm worker, esp. one from Oklahoma during the Depression.) [1930?35; Ok (lahoma) + -ie]Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.