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