western
/ˈwɛstɚn/ noun C2- 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.
Plural westerns
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A cool wind was blowing down over the long harvest fields from the rims of firry western hills and whistling through the poplars.
Anne sighed and betook herself to the back yard, over which a young new moon was shining through the leafless poplar boughs from an apple-green western sky, and where Matthew was splitting wood.
Through the gap in the trees a light was shining in the western gable of Orchard Slope, a token that Diana was also up.
The detection of types is one of the most elementary branches of knowledge to the special expert in crime, though I confess that once when I was very young I confused the Leeds Mercury with the Western Morning News.
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