country-and-western

[ kuhn-tree-uhn-wes-tern ]

noun

1. country music.

country and western

noun

1. another name for country music
2. a fusion of cowboy songs and Appalachian music
3. ( as modifier )

   country-and-western music

Word History and Origins

Origin of country-and-western¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

The first, in 1992, saw a country and western band perform on the car deck, as thousands of pounds were raised to help purchase a breast cancer scanner for the Western Isles.

From BBC

Sasha Boole: For more than 10 years, I was doing country and western folk music in Ukraine, trying to combine that with the Ukrainian soul and find new formulas.

From Los Angeles Times

The room would host a couple of functions during the week, he recalled, along with special themed evenings such as family night, country and western and disco.

From BBC

A country and western music venue in Scotland, nearly 4,000 miles and 150 years removed from the Civil War, voted this week to end its controversial display of the Confederate flag.

From New York Times

The early country pioneers the Maddox Brothers & Rose were “the best-dressed people in country and western,” according to one of their contemporaries.

From New York Times