country and western

noun

: country music

—usually hyphenated in attributive use

Examples of country and western in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Three-part harmony was like country and western. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2026

British pubs and a Korean honky-tonk Fifty years ago, a fortune teller told Mama Kim to open a country and western bar in Seoul. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025

And my dad played rock and roll music and country and western and blues music, and later on gospel music as well – as did my uncles. — Sid Evans, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025

From bouncy dancehall riddims and hip-hop production inflections to tender country and western guitar licks, Treasure Self Love distills Iké’s wide range of childhood music into a succinct 11-track study of achieving wholeness by unflinchingly examining the darkest parts of your past. — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for country and western

• northwestern
• southwestern

Kids Definition

country and western

noun

: country music