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oater.

A movie or television show about cowboy or frontier life; a western movie.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈoʊ.tɚ/
  1. A movie or television show about cowboy or frontier life; a western movie.

    US · informal
Where this word comes from

From oat + -er (“Variety -er”). First use appears c. 1945-50, alluding to the fodder for horses, which are common in the movies.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.