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westerners

3 definitions • 2 examples
1
a person who comes from a country in the western part of the world, especially North America or western Europe:

Examples:

Some of the Buddhists came from Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, while others were Westerners by birth.
2
a person who comes from the west of a country, especially the US:

Examples:

Easterners and westerners were equally affected by these changes in American life.
3
a person from the western part of a country, or (in the US) a person from the part of the country west of the Mississippi River

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