Definition of "westers" [westers]

• Plural form of wester. (noun)

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• "Often, when wild drinking songs were ringing in the Nor'westers 'dining hall, the Hudson's Bay men would be brought in to furnish a butt for their merciless victors."
• "Such was the mood of the Nor'westers when they came back from their annual meeting on Lake Superior to Red River, and MacDonell fanned this mood to dangerous fury by threatening to burn the Nor'westers 'forts to the ground unless they moved from Selkirk's territory."
• "With these Robertson is to invade the far-famed Athabasca, whence come the best furs, the very heart of the Nor'westers 'stamping ground."