Dictionary

westerner en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈwɛstənə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈwɛstɚnɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From western + -er.

Meanings

1. A native or inhabitant of the west of a region (or of the world as a whole). ▸ A native or inhabitant of the West, of the Western world—The United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. (Also written capitalized as Westerner.)
   • 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. 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
2. A native or inhabitant of the west of a region (or of the world as a whole). ▸ A native or inhabitant of the Wild West. (Also written capitalized as Westerner.)

Forms

Synonyms

occidental · westoid

Translations (43)

pt ocidental (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · th ชาวตะวันตก (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · ru уроже́нка За́пада (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · ko 구미인 (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · nl westerling (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · sv västerlänning (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · de Westler (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · mk западњак (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · sh zapadnjakinja (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · es occidental (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · ru уроже́нец За́пада (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · ja 欧米人 (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · de Wessi (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · vo vesüdänan (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · it occidentale (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · lg Omuzungu (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · de Abendländer (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · lg omweru (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · ur فرنگی (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · fr Occidental (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · pl osoba z Zachodu (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · ms orang barat (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · cmn 西方人 (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · sh западњак (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · ja 西洋人 (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · mvi オーミー (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · ar غَرْبِيّ (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · sh западњакиња (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · fr occidental (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · ru европе́ец (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · eo okcidentano (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · cmn 歐美人 /欧美人 (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · ko 서양인 (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · fi länsimaalainen (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · ru жи́тель За́пада (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · ko 서구인 (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · vi người phương tây (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · bo ཨིན་ཇི (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · ga iartharach (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · ka დასავლელი (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · yue 西人 (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · sh zapadnjak (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.) · ru жи́тельница За́пада (inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.)