third-worlderとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

third-worlder (plural third-worlders)

1. Alternative form of Third Worlder
   • 1990 July 19, Ricardo Radulovich, “A view on tropical deforestation”, in Nature‎, volume 346, page 214:

     How important can the greenhouse effect, biodiversity or future worldwide timber shortages seem to a third-worlder, for example? It would be wrong to think of this third-worlder as irresponsible or as a squanderer of resources before serious steps are taken towards solving the well-known and much worse problem of resource squandering and environmental irresponsibility in the developed nations.

語源

From Third World +‎ -er.

名詞

Third Worlder (plural Third Worlders)

1. Somebody from the Third World.
   • 2003 May 3, John H. McWhorter, “Hating Whitey Worldwide”, in Manhattan Institute‎:

     If the top Democratic hopefuls are under the impression that the way to stop Third Worlders from hating America is to build schools in their countries, they need to think again.

反意語

• First Worlder