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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1675-1676
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Westlander, n. [Westland n.] A person from the west, esp. the south-west of Scotland. —a1676 Guthry Mem. 286.
By Lanerk's thus retiring to the south, all the westlanders had a fair … opportunity to rise: So that the whole shires of Kyle, Cuningham, Renfrew, Clydesdale, Evandale, and Lesmahago, joined together, to the number of 6000 men, and marched … towards Edinburgh a1676 Guthry Mem. 289.
The westlanders, though not much inferior in number, were all poor ignorant creatures, taken from their husbandry, and brought forth only to make a show, as also multitudes of them every day running home to get in their harvest
