Westerner
noun
a native or inhabitant of the West, especially of the western U.S.
Westerner
American
[wes-ter-ner]
/ ˈwɛs tər nər /
noun
(sometimes lowercase)
westerner
British
/ ˈwɛstənə /
noun
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Origin of Westerner
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The company’s world-premiere production is a taut, skillful adaptation of the classic Norman Maclean novella about a stalwart Westerner and his gambling-addicted brother.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Through interviews, legal analysis, and archival research, the mild-mannered Westerner emerges as the court’s most unpredictable—and most important—sitting justice.
From Slate ● May 13, 2026
Mr Vawdrey was the only Westerner on the main Fujitsu board, with responsibility for its operations outside Japan, including the UK which was an important market.
From BBC ● May 18, 2024
“Tunnels” touches on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as no Westerner could, complete with an afterword that examines the role of storytelling via religion and archaeology in the region.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2021
“Because, Been-tone, these heartbroken people are finally listening. It is you, because you are here beside me, because you are a Westerner, because you give them a reason to hope.”
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
She said she didn't see Carney, who spent much of the last decade away from Canada but was raised in Edmonton, Alberta's capital, as a westerner.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2025
"What they taught was so defined by Tibetan history and culture that I increasingly found the practices and so forth didn’t mesh with my yearnings, my longings, my needs as a westerner."
From Scientific American ● Oct. 29, 2017
“As a westerner, Ryan understands the challenges of having the federal government as your largest neighbor and I couldn’t think of a better fit for Secretary of the Interior.”
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2016
I went to North Korea twice in 2012: the only westerner granted total access to the country’s powerful propaganda film industry.
From The Guardian ● May 31, 2015
But in India every one depends upon the barber and washerman for their service even more than a westerner does upon the service of the butcher or the doctor.
From India, Its Life and Thought by John P. (John Peter) Jones
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