Wēst'ern, a.
a. [A-S. western.]
- Situated in the west, or in the region nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, the western shore of France; the western ocean.
- Moving toward the west; as, the ship makes a western course.
- Proceeding from the west; as, a western breeze. [Rare.]
Western Empire (Hist.), the western portion of the Roman empire, when divided, by the will of Theodosius the Great, between his sons Honorius and Arcadius, A. D. 395.