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western

[ wes-tern ]

adjective

  1. lying toward or situated in the west:

    our company's western office.

  2. directed or proceeding toward the west:

    a western migration.

  3. coming or originating from the west, as a wind.
  4. (often initial capital letter) of, pertaining to, living in, or characteristic of the West, especially the western U.S.:

    a Western ranch.

  5. (usually initial capital letter) Occidental:

    to adopt Western dress.

  6. (usually initial capital letter) of or relating to the non-Communist countries of Europe and the Americas:

    Western trade agreements.

  7. (initial capital letter) of or relating to the Western Church.


noun

  1. (often initial capital letter) a story, movie, or radio or television play about the U.S. West of the 19th century.
  2. a person or thing from a western region or country.

Western

1

/ ˈɛə /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the West as opposed to the Orient
  2. (formerly) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Americas and the parts of Europe not under Communist rule
  3. of, relating to, or characteristic of the western states of the US
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a film, book, etc, concerned with life in the western states of the US, esp during the era of exploration and early development
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

western

2

/ ˈɛə /

adjective

  1. situated in or towards or facing the west
  2. going or directed to or towards the west
  3. (of a wind, etc) coming or originating from the west
  4. native to, inhabiting, or growing in the west
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of western1

before 1050; 1905–10 western fordef 8; Middle English, Old English westerne, equivalent to west west + -erne -ern
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And, my goodness, it is not an easy time to be leading a western democracy.

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The cable, which had broken deep at sea, had caused an alarming and potentially fatal slowdown in internet connections in western and southern Africa.

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Bears are common across the Carpathian mountain range, which stretches in an arc from Romania through western Ukraine and on to Slovakia and Poland.

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He had extraordinary range: excelling in comedies, westerns, crime dramas, musical biopics and action-adventures films alike.

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In January, two women and two children were killed in an explosion at a plant in the western state of Maharashtra, where European-sourced tyres were being processed.

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