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west⋅er

1   [wes-ter]
–noun
a wind or storm coming from the west.

Origin:
1920–25; west + -er 1
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west⋅er

2   [wes-ter]
–verb (used without object)
1. (of heavenly bodies) to move or tend westward.
2. to shift or veer toward the west.
Origin:
1325–75; ME; see west, -er 6
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west·er     (wěs'tər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A strong wind coming from the west.
intr.v.   west·ered, west·er·ing, west·ers
To move westward. Used of the sun, the moon, or a star.

[Middle English westren, from west, west; see west.]
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wester

noun
wind that blows from west to east [syn: west wind] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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