Old West

proper noun

The western part of the United States during the 19th-century era of expansion and settlement.

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Meanings

proper nounthe Old West
  1. historicalThe western part of the United States during the 19th-century era of expansion and settlement.

    In the Old West—anyway in the old westerns—morality and mechanics went gun-in-hand.

    2005 September 18, Richard Corliss, “Movies: Sticking to Their Guns”, in Time
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    It can well be imagined what disaster could descend upon a camping party in a wilderness such as the Old West, amidst the enemies which that wilderness supported.

    1918, Stewart Edward White, chapter 5, in The Forty-Niners

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 美國舊西部 /美国旧西部, 西部時代 /西部时代
  • 美國舊西部 /美国旧西部 (Měiguó jiùxībù)western part of the United States
  • 西部時代 /西部时代 (xībù shídài)western part of the United States
Dutch Oude Westen, Wilde Westen
  • Oude Westenwestern part of the United States
  • Wilde Westenwestern part of the United States
Finnish vanha länsi, villi länsi
  • vanha länsiwestern part of the United States
  • villi länsiwestern part of the United States
Indonesian Amerika barat, barat lama
  • Amerika baratwestern part of the United States
  • barat lamawestern part of the United States
Polish Dziki Zachód
  • Dziki Zachódwestern part of the United States
Portuguese Velho Oeste
  • Velho Oestewestern part of the United States
Swedish Västern
  • Västernwestern part of the United States
Cite this entry
APA

Old West. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20West

MLA

“Old West.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20West. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Old West,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20West.

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