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third-worlder

third-worlder is the alternative form of Third Worlder.

Meaning of Third Worlder

Noun

Third Worlder (plural Third Worlders)

  1. Somebody from the Third World.
    • If the top Democratic hopefuls are under the impression that the way to stop Third Worlders from hating America is to build schools in their countries, they need to think again.2003 May 3, John H. McWhorter, “Hating Whitey Worldwide”, in Manhattan Institute, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2025

Forms of third-worlder

pluralthird-worlders

Origin of third-worlder

From third-world + -er.

Questions about third-worlder

What is third-worlder the alternative form of?
Third-worlder is the alternative form of Third Worlder.

Words near third-worlder in the dictionary

  1. third-wheel
  2. third-wheeled
  3. third-wheeling
  4. third-wheels
  5. third-world
  6. third-worlder
  7. third-worlders
  8. third-worldian
  9. third-worldians
  10. third-worldish
  11. Third-Worldism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: third-worlder (page history and authors); Third Worlder (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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