worlder en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈwɝldɚ/ (General-American)
- /ˈwɜːldə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From world + -er (“supporter”) or -er (demonym suffix).
Meanings
- (in-compounds) One who supports a certain idea of the world.
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(in-compounds) One from a certain (figurative or literal) world.
Week after week, racist posts appear on Thee Rant, a blog for current or former New York City police officers: […] a Middle Eastern cab driver berated by an officer is termed a “third worlder” who should have his “head split open.”
2015 April 19, Joaquin Sapien, “"The worst elements of the department": New York cop blog is home to some of the most vile racism on the Internet”, in Salon, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2019:Third worlders tend to act like a nest of vampires, bleeding the US and giving indirect sustenance to their failing home economies.
2025 December 31, Brandon Smith, “Who Is Helping Low IQ Migrants Defraud American Taxpayers?”, in Alt-Market.us, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2026:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| worlders | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
out-worlder · New Worlder · Old Worlder · Third Worlder · off-worlder · one-worlder · real-worlder · round-worlder · flat-worlder · First Worlder