wild west
wild west is the alternative letter-case form of Wild West.
Proper noun capitalized: Wild West
the Wild West
- The western United States during the 19th-century era of settlement, commonly believed to be lawless and unruly.
Noun capitalized: Wild West
Wild West (plural Wild Wests)
- A place or situation in which disorderly behavior prevails, especially due to a lack of regulatory oversight or an inadequate legal system.
- There were earlier Wild Wests too, of course, before the one that gave up gunplay for legal finagling.1996, Michael L. Johnson, New Westers, The West in Contemporary American Culture, page 10
- But apart from the Irish appreciation of creative criminality and outlawry's close association with wild wests, simply read again the title of Patrick Ford's newspaper: the Irish World and American Industrial Liberator.2010, David M. Emmons, Beyond the American Pale, The Irish in the West, 1845–1910, page 296
Forms of wild west
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | wild wests |
| plural | Wild Wests |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | wild west |
Words formed from wild west
Questions about wild west
- What does wild west mean?
- Wild west means the western United States during the 19th-century era of settlement, commonly believed to be lawless and unruly.
- What is wild west the alternative letter-case form of?
- Wild west is the alternative letter-case form of Wild West.
- What part of speech is wild west?
- Wild west can be a proper noun or a noun.
Words near wild west in the dictionary
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