(wes′tərn) adjective
1. Being in the west; of, pertaining to, or directed toward the west.
2. Coming from the west: the western winds.
—noun
1. A westerner.
2. A type of fiction or motion picture using cowboy and pioneer life in the western United States as its material.

(wes′tərn) adjective
1. Proceeding from or characteristic of the West; Occidental.
2. Belonging or pertaining to the Western Church: Western ritual.
3. Of or pertaining to the western part of the United States of America.
—noun A person identified with or belonging to the Western Church.