western
- Adjective. Of, situated in, or related to the West.
- Adjective. Of or pertaining to a certain genre of film, television, literature, and so on, dealing with the American Old West.
- Noun. A film, novel, or other work of a certain genre dealing with the American Old West.
- Adjective. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.
- Adjective. (of a wind) blowing from the west; westerly.
- Adjective. occidental.
- Noun. A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic American West (west of the Mississippi river) typically focusing on a cowboys vs. Indians conflict (real or imaginary).
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