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westerner

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west·ern·er also West·ern·er  (wstr-nr)
n.
A native or inhabitant of the west, especially the western United States.
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
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Noun1.westerner - an inhabitant of a western area; especially of the U.S.
denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, indweller - a person who inhabits a particular place
Translations
westerner [ˈwestənəʳ] N → habitante mf del Oeste (Pol etc) → occidental mf
westerner [ˈwɛstərnər] n → occidental(e) m/f
westerners → les occidentaux
westerner
n
(Pol) → Abendländer(in) m(f)
(US) → Weststaatler(in) m(f)
westerner [ˈwɛstənəʳ] n → occidentale m/f
westerner [ˈwɛstənəʳ] n → occidentale m/f


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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.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
BURNING DAYLIGHT CLEANED OUT, he read; DAYLIGHT GETS HIS; ANOTHER WESTERNER FAILS TO FIND EASY MONEY.
Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context
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.
The Gambler by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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