western
AdjektivSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈwɛstən//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈwɛstɚn//
Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.
Adjektiv
- 1
Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.
the western approaches
Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
- 2
Of a wind, blowing from the west; westerly.
- 3
Occidental.
Herkunft
From Middle English westerne, from Old English westerne, from Proto-Germanic *westrōnijaz. By surface analysis, west + -ern.
Substantiv
- 1
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.
Formen
- Plural
- westerns
- Komparativ
- more western
- Superlativ
- most western, westernmost
western · Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.
Western · Of, situated in, or related to the West (in any sense…Westminster · The abbey of Westminster.Weston · Any of many places in England: A village in Welford parish,…