occident
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South AmericaSynonyms: West
- the hemisphere that includes North America and South AmericaSynonyms: western hemisphereNew World
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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. [1913 Webster]
I may wander from east to occident. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Devil's Dictionary
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.