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Western
adjective
connected
with
the
countries
of
Europe
and
North
America
or
their
culture
and
ideas
•
He
studied
how
Western
art
changed
during
the
20th
century
.
He
studied
how
Western
art
changed
during
the
20th
century
.
•
Many
people
around
the
world
watch
Western
television
shows
.
Many
people
around
the
world
watch
Western
television
shows
.
Capitalized
sense
arose
in
the
15th
century
to
contrast
Europe
with
the
Eastern
world
.
western
adjective
situated
in
,
coming
from
,
or
facing
the
direction
where
the
sun
sets
•
They
built
their
house
on
the
western
edge
of
the
village
.
They
built
their
house
on
the
western
edge
of
the
village
.
•
A
cool
breeze
blew
in
from
the
western
sea
.
A
cool
breeze
blew
in
from
the
western
sea
.
From
Old
English
westerne
,
derived
from
west
+
-ern
,
meaning
“
of
the
west
.”
noun
a
film
,
book
,
or
story
set
in
the
American
Wild
West
,
often
featuring
cowboys
,
outlaws
,
and
frontier
life
•
My
dad
loves
watching
a
good
western
on
Sunday
afternoons
.
My
dad
loves
watching
a
good
western
on
Sunday
afternoons
.
•
The
director's
latest
film
is
a
spaghetti
western
set
in
dusty
Mexico
.
The
director's
latest
film
is
a
spaghetti
western
set
in
dusty
Mexico
.
First
applied
to
films
about
the
American
frontier
in
the
early
20th
century
,
deriving
from
“
the
Western
states
.”
