sooner

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noun

soon·​er ˈsü-nər 

plural sooners

1

: a person settling on land in the early West before its official opening to settlement in order to gain the prior claim allowed by law to the first settler after official opening

2

Sooner plural Sooners : a native or resident of Oklahoma

—used as a nickname

sooner

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comparative of soon

Examples of sooner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The Huskies and Sooners will play again Monday at 9:06 p.m., the winner to advance to the Super Regional at Florida State, the loser to go home. UConn, the No. 3 seed, put itself in control with wins over Duke and Oklahoma in the first two games. —Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2024

Round 5, 166th overall (from S.F. thru Carolina): Walter Rouse, OT, Oklahoma Rouse has logged 2,233 snaps at left tackle for the Sooners the past three seasons. —Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2024

Tinsley and Terry, a freshman, held the three-time defending champion Sooners to one run in Saturday’s pitchers’ duel. —Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024

The Sooners are searching for their fourth consecutive title. —Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 25 May 2024

Word History

Etymology

Noun

sooner, comparative of soon

First Known Use

Noun

1890, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing sooner

• no sooner
• no sooner said than done
• no sooner than
• sooner or later
• sooner rather than later
• would sooner