 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Occident
noun
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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Occident \Oc"ci*dent\, noun [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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "Occident":
Africa, America, Antipodes, Asia, Asia Major, Asia Minor,
Australasia, East, Eastern Hemisphere, Eurasia, Europe, Far East,
Levant, Middle East, Near East, New World, Oceania, Old World,
Orient, West, Western Hemisphere, continent, down under, eastland,
landmass, the old country
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
OCCIDENT, noun 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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