wester

¹ American  

[wes-ter] / ˈwɛs tər /

noun

1. a wind or storm coming from the west.

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wester ² American  

[wes-ter] / ˈwɛs tər /

verb (used without object)

1. (of heavenly bodies) to move or tend westward.

2. to shift or veer toward the west.

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wester British  

/ ˈwɛstə /

verb

1. (intr) (of the sun, moon, or a star) to move or appear to move towards the west

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noun

1. a strong wind or storm from the west

Etymology

Origin of wester¹

First recorded in 1920–25; west + -er ¹

Origin of wester²

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at west, -er ⁶

Example Sentences

Dogs were also potentially domesticated more than once—evidence suggests our household companions came from a relatively recent instance in wester Eurasia.

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2021

The mate's face was odd in its quietude, and the sou'- wester of oilskin was still on his head, held there by the string under the chin.

From The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories by Gibbon, Perceval

Westren: to west or wester — to decline towards the west; so Milton speaks of the morning star as sloping towards heaven's descent "his westering wheel."

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing

They were following the rocky road along the wester hillside of the pasture hollow.

From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by Phillips, David Graham

Over this western end of the peninsula's northern face the play of the sea-breeze is strong and regular; and the wester and north-wester blow, as at Freetown, fifty days out of sixty.

From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir