| occidental | (adj) denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere, Syn. Hesperian |
| Hesperian | n. A native or an inhabitant of a western country. [ Poetic ] J. Barlow. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Hesperian | a. [ L. hesperius, fr. hesperus the evening star, Gr. &unr_; evening, &unr_; &unr_; the evening star. Cf. Vesper. ] Western; being in the west; occidental. [ Poetic ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Hesperian | a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to a family of butterflies called |