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• n  an inhabitant of an eastern area; especially of the U.S.
• s  lying toward or situated in the east
• a  of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States
• s  lying in or toward the east
• a  relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world
• s  from the east; used especially of winds

• eastern
• easterly

• western

News & Articles

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• Petersburg Pilot -
  July 12, 1913 – What to the Easterner, who holds popular idea as to the climate of Alaska, would seem like sending coals to Newcastle, is the shipments of Seattle ice cream made to the North on nearly every steamer sailing to Southeastern Alaska...
  July 11, 2013 - Petersburg Pilot

Quotes

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• Paul Newman in Ocala.com
  As an Easterner, it's delicious having two great 'local' teams,said Newman. "I wish it were the days before overtime. Then, I'd root for a tie."
• Jonathan Ahdout in The Jewish Journal of greater L.A
  My biggest fear is becoming typecast as the Muslim Middle Easterner, because I think society today has their sights set on the Middle East, and it's become a much bigger part of American culture,said Ahdout, who lives in Los Angeles. "I...
• Horace Engdahl in Turkish Press
  Praising Pamuk's success in literature, Engdahl said, "He had to be both Easterner - to understand what he was seeing - and Westerner to have the method to portray it".