western
♦♦ west|ern /w'estərn/ (westerns)
also Western
1 [ADJ] ADJ n
Western means in or from the west of a region, state, or country.
...hand-made rugs from Western and Central Asia.
...Moi University, in western Kenya.
2 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Western is used to describe things, people, ideas, or ways of life that come from or are associated with the United States, Canada, and the countries of Western, Northern, and Southern Europe.
Mexico had the support of the big western governments...
Those statements have never been reported in the Western media.
3 [N-COUNT]
A western is a book or film about life in the west of America in the nineteenth century, especially the lives of cowboys.coun|try and west|ern
also country-and-western
[N-UNCOUNT] oft N n
Country and western is the same as country music.
...a successful country and western singer.spa|ghet|ti west|ern (spaghetti westerns)
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A spaghetti western is a film made in Europe, usually by an Italian director, about life in the American Wild West.
also Western
1 [ADJ] ADJ n
Western means in or from the west of a region, state, or country.
...hand-made rugs from Western and Central Asia.
...Moi University, in western Kenya.
2 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Western is used to describe things, people, ideas, or ways of life that come from or are associated with the United States, Canada, and the countries of Western, Northern, and Southern Europe.
Mexico had the support of the big western governments...
Those statements have never been reported in the Western media.
3 [N-COUNT]
A western is a book or film about life in the west of America in the nineteenth century, especially the lives of cowboys.coun|try and west|ern
also country-and-western
[N-UNCOUNT] oft N n
Country and western is the same as country music.
...a successful country and western singer.spa|ghet|ti west|ern (spaghetti westerns)
[N-COUNT]
A spaghetti western is a film made in Europe, usually by an Italian director, about life in the American Wild West.