western

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development
noun a sandwich made from a western omelet
adjective relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts

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

The penetration of Squire Western. — History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Henry Fielding
Explorations, European; French; Western; Northwestern. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster
Sophia Western, the heroine, is one of Fielding's most admirable creations. — From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors, Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

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