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westerners

westerners is the plural of westerner.

Meaning of westerner

Noun

westerner (plural westerners)

  1. 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...2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18
    Synonyms:
    westoid, occidental
  2. A native or inhabitant of the Wild West. (Also written capitalized as Westerner.)

Noun capitalized: Westerners

Westerners

  1. (plural) plural of Westerner

Questions about westerners

What is westerners the plural of?
Westerners is the plural of westerner.
What part of speech is westerners?
Westerners is a noun.

Words near westerners in the dictionary

  1. western yellow wagtail
  2. western yellow wagtails
  3. Western-Asian
  4. Western-style toilets
  5. westerner
  6. westerners
  7. westernisation
  8. westernisations
  9. westernise
  10. westernised
  11. westerniser

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