easterner

[ ee-ster-ner ]

/ ˈi stər nər /

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noun (often initial capital letter)

a native or inhabitant of an eastern area, especially of the eastern U.S.

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Origin of easterner

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; eastern + -er¹

Words nearby easterner

eastern camass, Eastern Cape, Eastern Church, eastern diamondback rattlesnake, Eastern equine encephalitis, easterner, Eastern Establishment, Eastern Ghats, eastern gorilla, Eastern Hemisphere, eastern hemlock

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How to use easterner in a sentence

In this case the conditions would have rendered an Easterner incapable of hitting a feather pillow at three yards.
Blazed Trail Stories|Stewart Edward White
He had seen little of the Easterner during the past two or three weeks.
The Range Boss|Charles Alden Seltzer
For these reasons the country-bred western youths are more liable to make a success of the work than the city-bred easterner.
Our National Forests|Richard H. Douai Boerker
Illugi then advanced against the Easterner, who on seeing him turned and ran about all over the island.
Grettir The Strong|Unknown

No Easterner with a delicate daughter was ever so anxious to buy a run-down place—not with a whole county to chose from.
Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil|Alice B. Emerson

British Dictionary definitions for easterner

Easterner

/ (ˈiːstənə) /

noun

(sometimes not capital) a native or inhabitant of the east of any specified region, esp of the Orient or of the eastern states of the US

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