Thesaurus: western

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1. a. Of or pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in the region nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, the western shore of France; the western ocean.
2. a. Moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course; coming from the west; as, a western breeze.
3. n. a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development
4. adj. relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts
5. adj. of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River
6. adj. lying toward or situated in the west
7. adj. of wind; from the west
8. n. a sandwich made from a western omelet
9. 1. Of or pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in the region nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, the western shore of France; the western ocean. Far o'er the glowing western main. Keble. 2. Moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course; coming from the west; as, a western breeze. Western Church. See Latin Church, under Latin. -- Western empire (Hist.), the western portion of the Roman empire, as divided, by the will of Theodosius the Great, between his sons Honorius and Arcadius, a. d. 395.
10. j:99/n:1 n. a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development n. a sandwich made from a western omelet a. relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts a. of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River