• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛs.tən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛs.təɹn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)n
• Hyphenation: West‧ern

Western (comparative more Western, superlative most Western)

1. Of, situated in, or related to the West (in any sense thereof).

   Antonym: non-Western

   Coordinate terms: Northern, Southern, Eastern, Northeastern, Northwestern, Southeastern, Southwestern

   1. Of or pertaining to the cultures and traditions of Western Europe, North America, Australia, and New Zealand (the West).
      • 1989, Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology, and the Scientific Revolution‎^[1], page 2:

        As Western culture became increasingly mechanized in the 1600s, the female earth and virgin earth spirit were subdued by the machine.

      • 1911, Theodore Dreiser, chapter LVI, in Jennie Gerhardt‎^[2]:

        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.

      • 1985 August 11, Robert D. McFadden, “Ida Pruitt, 96, who fostered friendship with the Chinese”, in The New York Times (Section 1 section)‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, page 36:

        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.

   2. (historical) Of or pertaining to the Western Bloc.
   3. Of or pertaining to the western United States (the West).

      Coordinate terms: Northern, Southern, Eastern, Northeastern, Northwestern, Southeastern, Southwestern

      He was not the first Northeastern banker to be surprised by what he saw when he stepped off the train into this Western city.

   4. (South Korea) Originating from Europe.

Western (plural Westerns)

1. (dated) An inhabitant of a western region or country.

   Synonyms: Westerner, westerner

   • 1909, Theodore Leighton Pennell, Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier:

     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 […]

2. A certain genre of fiction (in literature, film, or gaming) dealing with the American Old West; a work in this genre.

   Coordinate term: Northern (similar thematically)

   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.

Western

1. A surname.
2. A village in Saline County, Nebraska, United States.
3. A town in Oneida County, New York, United States.

• Raymond Williams (1983), “Western”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 333.

• enstrew

Borrowed from English western.

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Western m (strong, genitive Westerns or Western, plural Western)

1. (film) western

• Italo-Western

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