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western adjective

  /ˈwɛstən/ , /ˈwɛstɚn/
  • Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.
  • (of a wind) Blowing from the west; westerly.
westlich, West-

western noun

  /ˈwɛstən/ , /ˈwɛstɚn/
  • (cinema) 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.
Western

westerner noun

  • A native or inhabitant of the West, of the Western world—Europe and the Americas. (Also written capitalized as Westerner.)
Westler, Abendländer, Wessi

Westernizer noun

  • (historical) A member of a group of 19th-century intellectuals who believed that Russia's development depended upon the adoption of Western European technology and liberal government.
Westler

westernize verb

  • (transitive, intransitive) To render something western in character.
verwestlichen

westernization noun

  • The process of assimilation, by a society, of the customs and practices of western culture.
Verwestlichung

Western adjective

  /ˈwɛstə(ɹ)n/
  • Of or pertaining to a certain genre of film, television, literature, and so on, dealing with the American Old West.
Westen
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