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Etymology

From Middle English westerne, from Old English westerne, from Proto-Germanic *westrōnijaz. By surface analysis, west + -ern.

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inherited from westerne

Definitions

1
Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.
- the western approaches
Of a wind, blowing from the west
Of a wind, blowing from the west; westerly.
Occidental.
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1. A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic (c. 1850–1910) American West…
  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.
2. 5
  Of, situated in, or related to the West (in any sense thereof).
  - As Western culture became increasingly mechanized in the 1600s, the female earth and virgin earth spirit were subdued by the machine.
  - He would be as happy with her as he would be with Jennie—almost—and he would have the satisfaction of knowing that this Western social and financial world held no more significant figure than himself.
  - Born in Penglai, on the coast of Shandong, in 1888, Miss Pruitt grew up in an inland village where for many years hers was the only Western family.
3. 6
  An inhabitant of a western region or country.
  - If, again, after studying the life and words of Christ, and comparing them with the Christianity which they see practised in the West, or in the Westerns who reside among them, they are not drawn to Western Christianity […]
4. 7
  A certain genre of fiction (in literature, film, or gaming) dealing with the American Old…
  A certain genre of fiction (in literature, film, or gaming) dealing with the American Old West; a work in this genre.
  - If I'm going to watch a Western, it needs to be a good one. I had my fill of the bad ones long ago.
5. A surname.
6. A village in Saline County, Nebraska, United States.
7. A town in Oneida County, New York, United States.

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