Plural of easterner; people who live in or come from eastern regions, particularly the eastern United States.
From 'easterner' plus regular plural '-s'. Used extensively in American regional discourse since the 1800s.
American westward expansion created a stark linguistic divide—'easterners' and 'westerners' became group identities so powerful that they still influence voting patterns and cultural debates two centuries later.
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