wester
wester noun: a strong westerly wind, a wind blowing from the west. Also the comparative form of west.
Noun
wester (plural westers)
Verb
wester (third-person singular simple present westers, present participle westering, simple past and past participle westered)
- To move towards the west
- My sun is westering, and the lengthening shadows remind me to work while it is day.1910, James George Frazer, Totemism and Exogamy, volume 1, page ix
- The hills rose scarlet and gold to the north of the little town, and the westering sun shone ruddily and mystically on the crude new stone and plaster buildings of the dusty forum and the wooden walls of the circus some distance to the east.1927, H. P. Lovecraft, The Very Old Folk
Adjective
wester (not comparable)
- Western, westerly.
- This is properly two, if not three towns — there being an Easter Anstruther and a Wester Anstruther, both burghs, besides a large fishing village […]1828, The Picture of Scotland, page 187
- 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 […]1885, Alex Johnston Warden, Angus Or Forfarshire: The Land and People, Descriptive and Historical, page 204
Proper noun capitalized: Wester
Wester (plural Westers)
- A surname.
Also used as
wester is also the comparative form of west.
Examples of wester in a sentence
- It is styled, as we have seen, Wester Rires, which implies an Easter Rires; and this last portion of it probably lay to the north-east, and included […]1887, Walter Wood, The East Neuk of Fife: Its History and Antiquities, page 118:
- 'The fact remains that there is an Easter Fintry and a Wester Fintry in this part of the world.2011, J.I.M. Stewart, Mungo's Dream, House of Stratus, →ISBN, page 219:
Forms of wester
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | westers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | westers |
| present participle | westering |
| past participle | westered |
| past | westered |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Westers |
Origin of wester
From west + -er.
Words formed from wester
Phrases with wester
Words that rhyme with wester
Questions about wester
- What does wester mean?
- Wester means a strong westerly wind, a wind blowing from the west.
- How do you use wester in a sentence?
- It is styled, as we have seen, Wester Rires, which implies an Easter Rires; and this last portion of it probably lay to the north-east, and included […]
- What part of speech is wester?
- Wester can be a noun, a verb, an adjective or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of wester?
- The plural of wester is westers.
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