västern — meaning in English
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English meaning
- western adj Of, in, or relating to the west.
Senses
västern is used for these senses in English:
- Old West (historical) The western part of the United States during the 19th-century era of expansion and settlement.
- western (Should we move, merge or split([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary%3ARequests+for+moves%2C+mergers+and+splits&action=edit§ion=new&preload=Template:rfm-sense/preload&preloadtitle=%5B%5Bnorthern+and+western%23rfm-sense-notice-en-%7cwestern%5D%5D +]) this sense?) (cinema) 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.
western — full definition
- adj Of, in, or relating to the west.
- noun A film, novel, or other story set in the American frontier of the 1800s, usually featuring cowboys, outlaws, and lawmen.
- noun A native or resident of a western region.