western

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈwɛs.tən/ / /ˈwɛs.təɹn/

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.”
Of, situated in, or related to the West (in any sense thereof).
Of, situated in, or related to the West (in any sense thereof).
“He was not the first Northeastern banker to be surprised by what he saw when he stepped off the train into this Western city.”
Of, situated in, or related to the West (in any sense thereof).

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 […]”
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.”