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Western

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts. "Western thought"

Of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River.

Lying toward or situated in the west.

Of wind; from the west. Synonym: westerly.

noun

A film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development. Synonym: horse opera.

A sandwich made from a western omelet. Synonym: western sandwich.

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"Western" Quotes from Famous Books

... dream that some spot in the extensive tract whose south-western quarter is here described, may be the heath of that ...

— The Return of the Native • Thomas Hardy

... about twelve miles north of Palma, in the heart of the only mountain-chain of the island, which forms its western, or rather northwestern coast. The average altitude of these mountains will not exceed three thousand feet; but the broken, abrupt character of their outlines, and the naked glare of their immense precipitous walls, give them that ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 • Various

... midst of blank and grim stone houses, her heart travelled back to the chateau where she lived before the storm of persecution drove her forth; and she spent her heart and her days in making this cottage, upon the western border of St. Heliers, a delight to the ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

... book, "A Western Journey with Mr. Emerson," is a very entertaining account of the same trip concerning which Mr. Forbes wrote the letter just given. Professor Thayer kindly read many of his notes to me before his account was published, and allows me to make such use of the ...

— Ralph Waldo Emerson • Oliver Wendell Holmes

... out the next morning on the wide, forlorn plains of western Kansas, with her heart as flooded with happiness as they were with sunshine. A luxurious sense of power throbbed in her veins as she smiled a good-morning to Adams across the aisle. He came at once to ask how she had slept, and if she was ...

— Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories • Florence Finch Kelly

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