English Explanatory Dictionary

western

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.
Of a wind, blowing from the west; westerly.
Occidental.

noun

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.

adj

Of, situated in, or related to the West (in any sense thereof).
Of or pertaining to the cultures and traditions of Western Europe, North America, Australia, and New Zealand (the West).
Of or pertaining to the Western Bloc.
Of or pertaining to the western United States (the West).
Originating from Europe.

noun

An inhabitant of a western region or country.
A certain genre of fiction (in literature, film, or gaming) dealing with the American Old West; a work in this genre.

name

A surname.
A village in Saline County, Nebraska, United States.
A town in Oneida County, New York, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɛstɚn/ /ˈwɛstən/ en-us-western.ogg /ˈwɛs.tən/ /ˈwɛs.təɹn/

Word forms

western more western most western westernmost westerns

Etymology

From Middle English westerne, from Old English westerne, from Proto-Germanic *westrōnijaz. By surface analysis, west + -ern.

Synonyms

Antonyms

non-Western

Related words

northern eastern southern north-eastern south-eastern south-western north-western

Derived words

Australian Western Standard Time Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma Great Western Mid-Western pale western cutworm pro-Western scrumpy and western South Western Slopes western action shooting Western Armenia western Asia Western Australia western barn owl western black-eared wheatear Western Bloc western blot analysis western boubou Western Bug Western Canadian Select Western Cape western capercaillie western cattle egret Western chess western chinquapin Western Creek western diamondback rattlesnake Western Downs western duck sickness westerner Western European Time western fence lizard Western Ghats western gorilla Western Greece western grey kangaroo western gray kangaroo western hemisphere western hemlock western honey bee western honey mesquite Western Junction western marsh harrier western mastiff bat Western Mound Western New Guinea Western Norway western olivaceous warbler western omelet western Orphean warbler western osprey Western Palearctic Western Palestine Western parotia Western pattern diet western pleasure western plum western poison ivy western poison oak western prickly juniper western pygmy blue

Translations

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