[f. WESTERN a. + -ER.]

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  1.  An inhabitant or native of the Western States of America.

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1837.  Ht. Martineau, Soc. Amer., III. 21. ‘We are apt to think,’ said a westerner to me, ‘that we are just as great and good.’

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1872.  Howells, Wedd. Journ. (1892), 196. Those expressions of surprise at the existence of civilisation in a westerner which westerners find it so hard to receive graciously.

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1888.  Century Mag., Feb., 502/2. Cowboys, like most Westerners, occasionally show remarkable versatility in their tastes and pursuits.

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  2.  One belonging to a western race, as distinguished from an Oriental.

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1910.  Times, 5 March, 6/1. The crowd crushing at the window at Peking clamouring for tickets … is a spectacle which affords constant amusement to the Westerner.

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1919.  Rihbany, Syrian Christ, 146. Some Westerners have an exaggerated idea of Oriental generosity.

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  3.  One who lives in, or is a native of, the west part of a country.

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1905.  Daily News, 24 April, 2. The Westerners [Gloucester and Bristol ringers] hope to eclipse this performance with a peal containing 12,345 changes.

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