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.
1nounwesternerSomebody from Europe or North America.
“As a westerner in the small Chinese village, he attracted curious looks.”
westerner is a person.
Proto-Germanic
*westrōnijaz
Old English
westerne
Middle English
westerne
English
western
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