About The Word Western
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What's The Definition Of Western?
[n] a film about life in the western US during the period of exploration and development
[n] a sandwich made from a western omelet [adj] lying toward or situated in the west; "our company's western office" [adj] of wind; from the west [adj] lying in or toward the west [adj] relating to or characteristic of regions of western parts of the world; "the Western Hemisphere"; "Western Europe"; "the Western Roman Empire" [adj] of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River; "a Western ranch" Synonyms | Synonyms for Western: Hesperian | horse opera | midwestern | northwestern | occidental | southwestern | west | west-central | westerly | western sandwich Related Terms | Find terms related to Western: See Also | feature | feature film | sandwich | spaghetti Western Western In Webster's Dictionary \West"ern\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in
the region nearly in the direction of west; being in that
quarter where the sun sets; as, the western shore of
France; the western ocean.
Far o'er the glowing western main. --Keble.
2. Moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course;
coming from the west; as, a western breeze.
{Western Church}. See {Latin Church}, under {Latin}.
{Western empire} (Hist.), the western portion of the Roman
empire, as divided, by the will of Theodosius the Great,
between his sons Honorius and Arcadius, a. d. 395.
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