Midwesterner
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3.7
- noun
- /ˌmɪdˈwɛstərnər/
- US
:
midwesterniano
- As a proud Midwesterner, she loves the wide-open spaces and friendly communities of the region.
Just want to say I am also a Midwesterner at heart.
- Just want to say I am also a Midwesterner at heart.
- He was from Arkansas and Ohio, and he was, he was, you know, a Midwesterner who came to New York like so many other people did.
- I got invited to quite a few that were Stoicism related, including a Stoicism Midwest that I was the only Midwesterner actually attending.
- He was unhealthy for much of his life in one way or another, but he he packed a lot and he's a midwesterner.
- I love the Russian people, And of course I love my fellow Americans, Californians and Midwesterners, New Yorkers and Texans.
Examples
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Alas, to this day, Midwesterners often have to leave to turn things into reality.
Blog text (6) -
I'm Jess, a 20-something Midwesterner who loves ice cream, martinis, and making things.
Blog text (14) -
Just want to say I am also a Midwesterner at heart.
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Everyone except her, the only Midwesterner, seemed to think it was a fine idea.
Fiction book (1999) -
As a Midwesterner, he provided geographic balance to the ticket, and he came from a competitive state.
Academic text (2014) -
I'd prefer someone, you know, like a clear-headed and practical Midwesterner, to get us out of this mess.
Blog text (9) -
Nash was a young white Midwesterner about to head the NAACP as secretary.
Academic text (2013) -
There's something about Midwesterners, past the sometimes hard heads and the conservative bent.
Blog text (25) -
Bill and Dinah are conservative Midwesterners whose lives have been rocked by the brutal murder of their daughter.
Blog text (1) -
Classic Midwesterners are often loath to enlist in each other's melodramas, which isn't necessarily bad.
Fiction book (1994)
Surface Forms
Morphology
Midwesterner = Midwestern (semi-transparent) = mid + west + ern + er
The noun is transparently formed from the regional adjective 'Midwestern' by adding the person-forming suffix '-er'.
Etymology
The word Midwesterner starts with Midwest, which joins mid- ('middle') and west ('the west'), and adds -er ('a person'). So a Midwesterner is a person from the 'middle west' region of the United States.