westerner
/ˈwɛstɚnɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A native or inhabitant of the west of a region (or of the world as a whole).
noun
A native or inhabitant of the west of a region (or of the world as a whole).
noun
Alternative letter-case form of westerner.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
From western + -er.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈwɛstɚnɚ/
- British English: /ˈwɛstənə/