West Sidern.
/ˌwɛs(t) ˈsʌɪdə/, U.S. /ˈˌwɛs(t) ˈsaɪdər/ Originally U.S.
An inhabitant of the west side of a city, esp. of the West Side of Manhattan.
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1851 N.-Y. Daily Times 15 Feb. 8/3 It is known that there are many places of interest on this side of the Hudson... So please hurry up this ferry business, West-siders.
1855 Daily Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 26 May It will be necessary to wait upon the ‘West-siders’ for their part of the annual subscription.
1901 A. Ulmann Landmark Hist. N.Y. xi. 213 Most New-Yorkers..are either east-siders or west-siders, and know little of the other side of the town.
1914 G. Atherton Perch of Devil i. 2 Ida, forced..to accept employment with a fashionable dressmaker and consumed with envy of the ‘West Siders’ whose measurements she took.
1988 Toronto Star (Nexis) 30 Jan. g3 This is East Van [i.e. East Vancouver]. Snooty west siders think it might as well be Winnipeg.
2009 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 3 July 19 Macy's pyrotechnics are hitting the Hudson River for the first time since 2000, so West Siders and New Jersey residents finally have a front-row seat.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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