(historical) A member of a group of 19th-century intellectuals who believed that Russia's development depended upon the adoption of Western European technology and liberal government.

plural of Westernizer

plural of western

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of westernize

present participle of westernize

Having been made culturally Western.

simple past tense and past participle of westernize

plural of westerner

Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west. / (of a wind) Blowing from the west; westerly. / Occidental.

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.