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westerner noun

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

western adjective

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

western noun

  /ˈwɛstən/ , /ˈwɛstɚn/
  • (Should we move, merge or split([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary%3ARequests+for+moves%2C+mergers+and+splits&action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:rfm-sense/preload&preloadtitle=%5B%5Bnorthern+and+western%23rfm-sense-notice-en-%7cwestern%5D%5D +]) this sense?) (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

westernization noun

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

westernize verb

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

Westernism noun

  • (historical) An 19th-century intellectual ideology which saw Russia's development as dependent upon the adoption of Western European technology and liberal government.
occidentaliste

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.
occidentaliste

Westerner

Occidental

Western

occidental

Western adjective

  /ˈwɛs.tən/ , /ˈwɛs.təɹn/
  • Of or pertaining to a certain genre of fiction dealing with the American Old West.
ouest
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