(transitive, intransitive) To render something western in character.

simple past tense and past participle of westernize

Having been made culturally Western.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of westernize

plural of Westernizer

(historical) A member of a group of 19th-century intellectuals who believed that Russia's development depended upon the adoption of Western European technology and liberal government.

Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west. / (of a wind) Blowing from the west; westerly. / Occidental.

A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic (c. 1850-1910) American West (west of the Mississippi river) focusing on conflict between whites and Indians, lawmen and outlaws, ranchers and farmers, or industry (railroads, mining) and agriculture.

Of, situated in, or related to the West / Of or pertaining to a certain genre of film, television, literature, and so on, dealing with the American Old West.

Alternative letter-case form of western / (dated) An inhabitant of a western region or country; a westerner.