southwesternern.
/ˌsaʊθˈwɛstənə/, /ˌsaʊθˈwɛstn̩ə/, U.S. /ˌsaʊθˈwɛstərnər/ Chiefly U.S. A native or inhabitant of the south-western part of a country or region, esp. the United States.
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New Englander1637
bayman1641
New English1647
Novangle1650
Novanglian1752
Yankee1765
cracker1766
Yank?1778
bushwhacker1809
tuckahoe1816
southerner1817
Yengees1819
muskrat1823
blue belly1827
half horse and half alligator1828
Southron1828
northerner1831
westerner1835
Northman1836
Easterner1838
Far-Wester1843
southwesterner1845
western1846
sand-hiller1848
Vineyarder1851
mountain boomer1859
Far Westerner1862
blue-nosed Yankee1866
Appalachian1888
sloper1892
Ozarkian1893
rebel1895
reb1897
Middle Westerner1899
hillbilly1900
Midwesterner1916
Ozarker1920
Geechee1926
Middle American1944
upstater1944
Mid-American1959
1845 Amer. Whig Rev. Feb. 195 This new reading of Horace..is from the port feuille of a young ‘South Westerner’, prominent among the Bowie-knife chivalry who came lately to Washington in search of office.
1860 W. Whitman Leaves of Grass (new ed.) 350 There shall be countless linked hands—namely,..the Southwesterner's, and those of the interior.
1888 Cent. Mag. Feb. 502/2 The bulk of the cowboys..are South-westerners.
1921 J. S. McGroarty Los Angeles from Mountains to Sea II. 190 Mr. Clark became a true south westerner when in 1875 he crossed the plains with a team to Prescott, Arizona.
1992 Vegetarian Times Aug. 22/1 My husband—like most Southwesterners—grew up believing the kitchen is in the backyard.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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