Wester
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Wester is a noun meaning A strong westerly wind, a wind blowing from the west.
Meaning
A strong westerly wind, a wind blowing from the west.
More Meanings
- To move towards the west
- (now dialectal) Western, westerly.
- comparative form of west: more west
Example Sentences
The rainy Pleiads wester, Orion plunges prone,
My sun is westering, and the lengthening shadows remind me to work while it is day.
There had been a Little and a Meikle, and an Easter and a Wester Coull two centuries ago; and there had been a castle on the property […]
This is properly two, if not three towns — there being an Easter Anstruther and a Wester Anstruther, both burghs, besides a large fishing village […]
Word Forms
- westers
- westering
- westered
Synonyms for wester
Depending on context, synonyms include westerly.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include westerly, west-northwesterly, ponente, windward, vendaval, windgust.
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