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westerner

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɛstənə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈwɛstɚnɚ/
  • CMU ARPABET: W EH1 S T ER0 N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 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.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: westoid, occidental

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 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.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Alternative letter-case form of westerner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

an inhabitant of a western area; especially of the U.S.

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller

History

Etymology

From western + -er.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غَرْبِيّ (ḡarbiyy) — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Chinese Cantonese: 西人 (sai1 jan4) — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 西方人 (xīfāngrén) — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 歐美人 /欧美人 (ōuměirén) — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Dutch: westerling — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Esperanto: okcidentano — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Finnish: länsimaalainen — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • French: Occidental — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • French: occidental — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Georgian: დასავლელი (dasavleli) — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • German: Westler — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • German: Abendländer — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • German: Wessi — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Irish: iartharach — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Italian: occidentale — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Japanese: 西洋人 (seiyōjin) — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Japanese: 欧米人 (ōbeijin) — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Korean: 서양인 (seoyang'in) — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Korean: 서구인 (seogu'in) — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Korean: 구미인 (gumiin) — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Luganda: Omuzungu — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Luganda: omweru — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Macedonian: западњак (zapadnjak) — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Malay: orang barat — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Miyako: オーミー (ōmii) — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Polish: osoba z Zachodu — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Portuguese: ocidental — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Russian: европе́ец (jevropéjec) — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Russian: жи́тель За́пада (žítelʹ Západa) — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Russian: жи́тельница За́пада (žítelʹnica Západa) — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Russian: уроже́нец За́пада (urožénec Západa) — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Russian: уроже́нка За́пада (urožénka Západa) — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Serbo-Croatian: западњак — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Serbo-Croatian: западњакиња — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Serbo-Croatian: zapadnjak — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Serbo-Croatian: zapadnjakinja — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Spanish: occidental — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Swedish: västerlänning — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Thai: ชาวตะวันตก (chaao-dtà-wan-dtòk) — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Tibetan: ཨིན་ཇི (in ji) — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Urdu: فرنگی (farangī) — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Vietnamese: người phương tây — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Volapük: vesüdänan — inhabitant of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.