I. West /west/ BrE AmE noun
1 . the West the western part of the world and the people that live there, especially Western Europe and North America:
the industrial countries of the West
2 . the western part of the US
⇨ ↑ Midwest , ↑ West Coast
II. West, Fred /fred/ BrE AmE
(1941–95) a British man who was charged with sexually attacking and murdering several young women, including his own daughter, and then burying them under his home. He killed himself before his court case, but his wife, Rosemary West, was put in prison for helping him.
III. West, Mae /meɪ/ BrE AmE
(1892–1980) a US film actress, famous for being sexually attractive, whose films include She Done Him Wrong (1933) and I’m No Angel (1933). She is known especially for making clever, amusing remarks which are really about sex but which seem to have more than one meaning. She is supposed to have said ‘Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?’ She is remembered especially for saying ‘Come up and see me sometime’, although the words she actually used were ‘Why don’t you come up sometime and see me?’ ⇨ ↑ Mae West
IV. West, Na ‧ than ‧ ael /nəˈθæŋjəl/ BrE AmE
(1903–40) an American writer and ↑ screenwriter (=someone who writes plays for film) whose ↑ novel s include The Dream Life of Balso Snell , Miss Lonelyhearts , and The Day of the Locust
V. West, Rosemary BrE AmE
(1953–) a British woman who was charged with helping her husband, Fred West, murder several women. She was put in prison in 1996.
VI. West, Tim ‧ o ‧ thy /ˈtɪməθi/ BrE AmE
(1934–) a British film, television, and theatre actor, known especially for acting in serious plays.