U.S. [f. West Point, the name of a village on the west bank of the Hudson River in the state of New York.] An officer trained at the United States military academy at West Point.

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1837.  Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, PA), 20 March, 3/4. A West Pointer may be known as far as one can see him: there is no mistaking the well squared shoulders, prominent chest, and head setting properly upon the neck, whilst the elastic but firm step tells of action matured by proper drill.

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1863.  Congr. Globe, 16 Jan., 327/3. There have been wounded since this war opened, from thirty to forty general officers. Many of them were West Pointers.

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1878.  N. Amer. Rev., CXXVI. 85. A West-Pointer enjoying the soubriquet of ‘Shanks.’

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1895.  J. L. Allen, Kentucky Cardinal, xiii. The West-Pointer had been writing for some months in regard to the wild behaviour of his cousin.

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