Westie
English
noun
Definitions
- (informal) A Highland White West Highland White Terrier.
- (slang) An inhabitant of the western suburbs of a city or town, stereotyped as of working class status and poor.
- (slang) An intense fan of the Christian singer Matthew West.
- (US) A member of a criminal gang based in Hell's Kitchen on the west side of Manhattan.
Etymology
Suffix from English west.
Origin
English
west
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Key West English
- Westdean English
- Westland English
- Westminster English
- Westmount English
- northwest English
- southwest English
- west English
- westabout English
- westbound English
- wester English
- westermost English
- westing English
- westling English
- westly English
- westmost English
- westness English
- westside English
- westwards English
- westwork English
- west Middle English
- wes Tok Pisin
- west Cornish