occidental

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French occidental, from Latin occidentalis.

adj

  1. Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western.
    occidental climates, or customs; an occidental planet.
  2. Of a gem or precious stone: of inferior value or quality.

noun

  1. A Western Christian of the Latin rite
    Most occidentals resident in South China have joined the Chinese in their zealous enthusiasm for the lychee. 1921, George Weidman Groff, The Lychee and Lungan, Canton, page i

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