noun
a dialect of Middle English
• Syn: ↑West Saxon
• Hypernyms: ↑Middle English
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\\-tə(r)n, -R also -tən\ adjectiveEtymology: Middle English, from Old English sūthwesterne, from sūth south + westerne western — more at south, western
1. often capitalized : of, relating to, originating or dwelling in, or characteristic of a region conventionally designated Southwest
southwestern ranchers
southwestern pueblo towns
2. : situated toward or coming from the southwest
Useful english dictionary. 2012.