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occidental definition

oc·ci·den·tal (äk′sə dent′'l)

adjective

  1. Old Poet. western
  2. of the Occident or its people or culture; Western

Etymology: ME occidentale

noun

a person born in the Occident or a member of a people of that region

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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