🌬️ A west wind 🌅 To move west

wester

1 9.9

A wind that blows from the west toward the east

noun
/ˈwɛstər/

: viento del oeste

Examples

3-2, you can return to Wester.

Chain Reaction (2006)
♪ I've looked at the ocean ♪ Tried hard to imagine ♪ The way you felt The day you sailed ♪ From Wester Ross To Nova Scotia ♪ We should have helped you ♪ We should have told you Look at that idiot!

The Commitments (1991)
The wester wind brought cooler temperatures to the city.
Sailing on the lake was enjoyable as the wester breeze filled our sails.
They set up their camp in the valley, sheltered from the harsh wester winds.

Synonyms

west wind

vswester

1 1.6

A wind that blows from the west to the east

is the single word or dialectal form for the same wind

westerly

vswester

1 3.6

A wind that blows from the west

is the general term for any wind blowing from the west toward the east

prevailing westerly

vswester

Specialized

1 6.1

A wind that usually blows from the west in regions with mild weather

refers to any one wind from the west without implying dominance

Zephyrus

vswester

Literature

9.9

A gentle west wind often mentioned in poems and stories

means a plain meteorological wind not a poetic or mythic figure

Surface Forms

wester singular

westers plural

Morphology

wester = west (semi-transparent) = west + er

The wind meaning is built from 'west' + '-er', but the specific meteorological term is somewhat lexicalized.

Etymology

Wester comes from west, the direction 'where the sun sets'. It was used for a wind that comes from that side, so a wester is a wind that blows 'from the west'.