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1.
wester
adj.
12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) West, western;
wester wind
, a wind blowing from the west; (b) in surnames and place names [see Smith
PNElem.
2.256; some exx. could also be construed as comp. of
western(e
adj.].
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