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westerner [ˈwɛstənə] n
(Social Science / Peoples) (sometimes capital) a native or inhabitant of the west of any specific region, esp of the western states of the US or of the western hemisphere ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations westerner n (Pol) → Abendländer(in) m(f) (US) → Weststaatler(in) m(f) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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John Hay, who did not know me except as a young Westerner who had written poems in the Atlantic Monthly, asked me how I would like Venice, and promised that they would have the salary put up to a thousand a year, under the new law to embarrass privateers. BURNING DAYLIGHT CLEANED OUT, he read; DAYLIGHT GETS HIS; ANOTHER WESTERNER FAILS TO FIND EASY MONEY. Upon the fact that to the virtues and merits of the civilised Westerner there has become historically added--though this is not his chief point--a capacity for acquiring capital; whereas, not only is the Russian incapable of acquiring capital, but also he exhausts it wantonly and of sheer folly. |
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