southwesterner

south•west•ern•er

(ˌsaʊθˈwɛs tər nər)

n. (often cap.)

a native or inhabitant of the Southwest.

[1855–60, Amer.]

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Not a single Southwesterner or even, to tell the truth, a genuine Westerner (California does not count).

Gorsuch Would Realize Scalia's Vision Of SCOTUS Diversity

The North, understandably, was looking forward to its own turn, after the exit of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, a Southwesterner, who was in the saddle for two full terms of four years.

Nigerian elections enter the gladiators: the Nigerian general elections, slated for 9th April, this year gather momentum as the presidential flag bearers of the various political parties emerge. Frederick Mordi and Anver Versi look at the intrigues surrounding the emergence of some of the candidates and profile the leading aspirants

Whether written by an author on the Atlantic Coast, in New England or the tidewater South, or a "Southwesterner," its biases were essentially conservative and restrained.

Comprehending Faulkner's humor

Indeed, Gregory Stephens wrote of relocating to North Carolina from Texas: "As a southwesterner, when I first relocated to North Carolina, I was impressed by the fact that my colleagues thought of the border as being the Mason-Dixon line--that would be the North as the Other of southern opposi tional identity." (2)

"Our preaching has caught up with us": exploring the impact of Southern Baptist missions in Africa on the Southern Baptist heartland

He often mentioned he felt like a New Englander in the Southwest and a Southwesterner in New England.

T.S. Eliot: pioneer of modernism

Amid the rapid change in the status of black writers and their treatment of the material during World War II and the post-War era, two major authors reflect controlled use of the components of style: James Baldwin, an Easterner born in New York City, and Ralph Ellison, a Southwesterner born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Black portraits in African-American literature: a perspective from 1920-1996, including the Midwest

Bulow, Navajo Taboos (Gallup: Southwesterner Books, 1982): 52-53.

Navajo Livestock Reduction in Southeastern Utah, 1933-46: History Repeats Itself

Southwesterner Naomi Shihab Nye weaves a bright tapestry of her Middle Eastern heritage, life in Texas, and interior travels.

The Common

<IR> EDWARD ABBEY </IR> , The Brave Cowboy (1956); Jack Schaefer, Monte Walsh (1963); John Culp, The Bright Feathers (1965); and <IR> LARRY MCMURTRY </IR> , Lonesome Dove (1985) carry the cowboy to a level far above the norms established by <IR> ZANE GREY </IR> and <IR> LOUIS L'AMOUR </IR> for the archetypal Southwesterner. <IR> JOHN NICHOLS' </IR> trilogy--The Milagro Beanfield War (1974), The Magic Journey (1978), and The Nirvana Blues (1981)--treats the Hispanic experience in the context of economic development in New Mexico.

Southwest, The

Said one, a businessman in downtown Windhoek, when asked how he felt about the new developments, "I was born a Southwesterner and I shall die a Southwesterner; I am definitely not a Namibian."

Namibia: free at last! After long struggle, 1.3 million Blacks shake off apartheid rule of South Africa

A day or two earlier, I had received an urgent note from a small-town Southwesterner whose name I did not recognize.

An encylopedist's lot

Vice President George Bush regards him as a "friendly, strong" Southwesterner with a serious commitment to physical fitness.