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First Worlder, n.
Brit. |ˌfəːst ˈwəːldə|, U.S. |ˈˌfərst ˈwər(ə)ldər|
Forms: [Also with lower-case initials.]
[‹ First World n. + -er suffix1. Compare earlier Third Worlder n. at Third World n. Derivatives.]
A native or inhabitant of the First World, esp. of one of the industrialized capitalist countries of Western Europe, North America, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. Cf. Third Worlder n. at Third World n. Derivatives.
1979K. E. Haynes & S. M. El-Hakim in Geogr. Rev. 69 101 The reaction to environmental concerns of ‘First Worlders’. 1989S. Hecht & A. Cockburn Fate of Forest iv. 63 The view common to nineteenth- and indeed twentieth-century First Worlders that the Amazonians were a shiftless bunch. 1999Toronto Sun (Electronic ed.) 6 Mar. Like the U.S. and Britain, Canada publishes a list of places where travel is considered particularly hazardous. They are all worthy guides for the intrepid first worlder. |