Third Worlder

[wurl-der]

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

1. a citizen of a Third World country.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Third Worlder¹

First recorded in 1965–70; Third World + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Week after week, racist posts appear on Thee Rant, a blog for current or former New York City police officers: African Americans are called “apes;” a retired officer says one of the blessings of retirement is not having to work the Puerto Rican Day parade, with its “old obese tatted up women stuffed into outfits that they purchased or shoplifted at the local Kmart store; a Middle Eastern cab driver berated by an officer is termed a “third worlder” who should have his “head split open.”

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By geography and persuasion he is a Third Worlder.

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