westerner

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈwɛstənə/
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/ˈwɛstənə/ · /ˈwɛstɚnɚ/

Definition of westerner

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A native or inhabitant of the west of a region (or of the world as a whole).
    “The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.”
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noun

  1. A native or inhabitant of the west of a region (or of the world as a whole).
    “The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.”
  2. A native or inhabitant of the west of a region (or of the world as a whole).
  3. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of westerner.
    “The two-storey "dome" cars, which are the outer vehicles of the centre triplet, are not for outsize Westerners, as the upper floor allows a mere 5 ft. 7 in. from floor to ceiling, while the height of the downstairs saloon is only 6 ft.”
    “I'd wanted to find someone who understood the culinary tradition behind the cooking of ginkgo nuts because all the recipes I'd found in English were written by Westerners experimenting rather than drawing on East Asian history and practice.”

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Etymology

From western + -er.

Words you can make from westerner

172 playable · top: RENEWERS (11 pts)

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8-letter words

5 words

7-letter words

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6-letter words

26 words

5-letter words

42 words

4-letter words

43 words

3-letter words

26 words

2-letter words

9 words

Hooks

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