West Banker

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English

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Etymology

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From West Bank +‎ -er.

Noun

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West Banker (plural West Bankers)

  1. An inhabitant of the West Bank.
    • 2023, Isabella Hammad, Enter Ghost, Jonathan Cape, page 217:
      And West Bankers with permits would be hurrying to Jerusalem to be ready for the morning’s protest, which meant that even those who’d normally take the shorter route to Bethlehem via Jerusalem, having the Israeli or foreign passports or Jerusalem IDs or temporary permits that afforded them that privilege, would probably take the West Bank way through Wadi an-Nar to skip the traffic.

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