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western

UK /ˈwɛs.tən/US /ˈwɛs.təɹn/

adjective 8
noun 3
forms 7

adjective8

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Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.
- the western approaches
Occidental.
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connected with the ways of life and ideas shared by Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand
- As Western culture became increasingly mechanized in the 1600s, the female earth and virgin earth spirit were subdued by the machine. — 1989
Of, situated in, or related to the West (in any sense thereof).
Originating from Europe.
(historical) Of or pertaining to the Western Bloc.
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Of or pertaining to the western United States (the West).
- He was not the first Northeastern banker to be surprised by what he saw when he stepped off the train into this Western city.
Of a wind, blowing from the west; westerly.

noun3

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a film, book or game set on the wild American frontier of the late 1800s, often with cowboys, guns and fights between sheriffs and outlaws
- If I'm going to watch a Western, it needs to be a good one. I had my fill of the bad ones long ago.
A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic (c. 1850–1910) American West (west of the Mississippi river) focusing on conflict between whites and Indians, lawmen and outlaws, ranchers and farmers, or industry (railroads, mining) and agriculture.
(old-fashioned) An inhabitant of a western region or country.

forms

Westerns · westerns · more Western · more western · most Western · most western · westernmost

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