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westerner

UK/ˈwɛstənə/US/ˈwɛstɚnɚ/
nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,967 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: westerners

A westerner is somebody from Europe or North America. A westerner abroad, westerners in the city, seen as a westerner.

The word is defined from outside, since nobody in London calls themselves a westerner at home. In America it also means somebody from the western states, which is a quite separate use.

Definitions of westerner

  1. 1nounwesternerSomebody from Europe or North America.B2+

    “As a westerner in the small Chinese village, he attracted curious looks.”

westerner is a person.

Where it comes from

  1. Proto-Germanic

    *westrōnijaz

  2. Old English

    westerne

  3. Middle English

    westerne

  4. English

    western

  5. English, today

    westerner

From western + er. western comes from Middle English westerne, from Old English westerne, from Proto-Germanic westrōnijaz. by surface analysis, west + -ern.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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the westerne family

western

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