easterner

[ ee-ster-ner ]

noun(often initial capital letter)

a native or inhabitant of an eastern area, especially of the eastern U.S.

Origin of easterner

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; eastern + -er¹

Words Nearby easterner

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How to use easterner in a sentence

In this case the conditions would have rendered an easterner incapable of hitting a feather pillow at three yards.
Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward White
He had seen little of the easterner during the past two or three weeks.
The Range Boss | Charles Alden Seltzer
For these reasons the country-bred western youths are more liable to make a success of the work than the city-bred easterner.
Our National Forests | Richard H. Douai Boerker
Illugi then advanced against the easterner, who on seeing him turned and ran about all over the island.
Grettir The Strong | Unknown
No easterner with a delicate daughter was ever so anxious to buy a run-down place—not with a whole county to chose from.
Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil | Alice B. Emerson

British Dictionary definitions for Easterner

Easterner

/ (ˈiːstənə) /

noun

(sometimes not capital) a native or inhabitant of the east of any specified region, esp of the Orient or of the eastern states of the US

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