western

Meaning

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.

Hyphenated as

west‧ern

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwɛstɚn/

Etymology

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