western

western (ˈwɛstən)

—*adj*
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
5.	music See country and western

Western (ˈwɛstən)

—*adj*
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

—n
4.	a film, book, etc, concerned with life in the western states of the US, esp during the era of exploration and early development

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Word Origin & History

western

"toward or of the west," O.E. westerne (see west). The noun meaning "book or movie about the Old West" is first attested 1909.

Example sentences

There was mention of nine western resorts, all deserving, but a nod to your

northern neighbors may have been appropriate.

After all it was the church which survived the collapse of the western empire.

Note also that the longevity of components is not nearly as long as western

design and produced alternatives.

For two decades, western wildfires have grown hotter, burned longer-and become

ever more unpredictable.

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Matching Quote

"The true use of Shakespeare or of Cervantes, of Homer or of Dante, of Chaucer or of Rabelais, is to augment one's own growing inner self.... The mind's dialogue with itself is not primarily a social reality. All that the Western Canon can bring one is the proper use of one's own solitude, that solitude whose final form is one's confrontation with one's own mortality."

-Harold Bloom