western

Bedeutung

Adj

1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.
2. Blowing from the west; westerly.
3. Occidental.

Noun

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.

Mit Bindestrich als

west‧ern

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈwɛstɚn/

Etymologie

From Middle English westerne, from Old English westerne, from Proto-Germanic *westrōnijaz.
Morphologically west + -ern.