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  easterner

  noun

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

  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

easterner

American  

[ee-ster-ner] / ˈi stər nər /

noun

(often initial capital letter)

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

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Easterner British  

/ ˈiːstənə /

noun

1. (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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Etymology

Origin of easterner

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; eastern + -er ¹

Example Sentences

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Because she was an easterner and a scientist, he expected her to be an ambassador for the East — and for coal.

From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2021

Ms. Merkel, a pastor’s daughter and trained scientist who had grown up in Communist East Germany, was not only the first woman but the first easterner to lead her reunified country.

From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2018

Which is to say that when an easterner performs music written by a westerner, it can have its own special meaning.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 5, 2016

But it's too late for easterner Apoli Juan, who arrives just in time to see his family home disappear in an inferno.

From Time Magazine Archive

I was a middle-aged bald guy more than thirty years older than he, a lifelong easterner.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

Based on a Max Brand novel, “Trailin’” flips the script by starring Mix as a polo-playing, dress-shirt-wearing Easterner who comes out west to clear up a family matter.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

“What kind of a limb?” asked the young Easterner, with direct brutality.

From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2018

This Easterner never knew there were high school and college rodeo teams.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 2015

It includes people who reported ‘White’ or wrote in entries such as Irish, German, Italian, Lebanese, Near Easterner, Arab, or Polish.”

From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2013

Marvin LaBlue, the only Easterner among them, drawled, “Don’t panic, folks, that was just a little bug. Back home we call ’em fireflies.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols