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occident |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Occident \Oc"ci*dent\, n. [F., fr L. occidens, occidentis fr occidents, p. pr of occidere to fall or go down See {Occasion}.] The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west; -- opposed to {orient}. Specifically, in former times, Europe as opposed to Asia; now also the Western hemisphere. --Chaucer. I may wander from east to occident. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: occident n 1: the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North and South America [syn: {West}] 2: the hemisphere that includes North and South America [syn: {western hemisphere}, {New World}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: OCCIDENT, n. The part of the world lying west (or east) of the Orient. It is largely inhabited by Christians, a powerful subtribe of the Hypocrites, whose principal industries are murder and cheating, which they are pleased to call war" and "commerce." These also are the principal industries of the Orient.
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