t'othersider

/ˌtʌðə(ɹ)ˈsaɪdə(ɹ)/

noun

A person from the eastern states of Australia.

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Meanings

nount'othersider (plural t'othersiders)

plural t'othersiders

  1. AustraliaWesterninformalA person from the eastern states of Australia.

    whilst the ancient t'other-sider oscillated his frame-saw

    1903, Joseph Furphy, Such is Life
    3 more examples

    The first Labor premier of Western Australia was Henry Daglish (1866-1920), a Victorian t'othersider, ...

    1963, Clinton Hartley Grattan, The Southwest Pacific Since 1900: A Modern History

    Among the t'othersider teachers Victorians predominated, as they did among newcomers in general.

    1972, David Mossenson, State Education in Western Australia, 1829-1960

    Mabel Guy was also born in the Goldfields in 1908, but unlike the other women in the group, her father was not a 't'othersider'³⁴: he was born in Pinjarra, in the state's southwest, and was a postmaster.

    2008, Janina Trotman, Girls Becoming Teachers: An Historical Analysis of Western Australian Women Teachers, 1911-1940

Origin

From t'other + side + -er.

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t'othersider. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/t'othersider

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Chicago

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