western

west·ern

in, of, to, toward, or facing the west
from the west: a western wind
[alsoW-] of or characteristic of the West
[W-] of the Western Church

Origin of western

Middle English from Old English westerne

westerner
a film, book, etc. having a setting in the W U.S., esp. during the 19th-cent. period of development and expansion of the frontier

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western

adjective

Situated in, toward, or facing the west.
Coming from the west: western breezes.
Native to or growing in the west.
often Western Of, relating to, or characteristic of western regions or the West.
Western Of, relating to, or descended from those Christian churches that use or formerly used Latin as their liturgical language.

noun

often Western A novel, film, television program, or other dramatic work including themes, characters, or settings characteristic of the American West, especially of the late 1800s.

Origin of western

Middle English from Old English westerne ; see wes-pero- in Indo-European roots.

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west′ern·ness
noun

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Adjective

(not comparable)

Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.
the western approaches
(of a wind) Blowing from the west; westerly.
Occidental.

Noun

(plural westerns)

A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic American West (west of the Mississippi river) typically focusing on a cowboys vs. Indians conflict (real or imaginary).

Adjective

(comparative more Western, superlative most Western)

Of, situated in, or related to the West
Of or pertaining to a certain genre of film, television, literature, and so on, dealing with the American Old West.

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