oatern.

Brit.

/ˈəʊtə/, U.S.

/ˈoʊdər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: oat n., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < oat n. + -er suffix¹, so called from the association of oats with horses (as their main fodder; compare oat v.). Compare earlier oat opera n. at oat n. Compounds 2.

colloquial (chiefly U.S.).

= horse opera n. at horse n. Compounds 2a; (also) a radio programme or book of this nature.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > western

wild western1864

western1910

horse opera1927

oat opera1937

oater1946

shoot-'em-up1953

spaghetti Western1969

shooter1981

1946 Time 29 Apr. 94/2 The first successful storytelling movie made in the U.S...was what the trade calls an oater—a Western.

1950 Sat. Evening Post 14 Jan. 68 Cooper should be cast in Westerns, and for a while he appeared only in such ‘they-went-thataway’ oaters as Arizona Bound and Nevada.

1969 M. Pei Words in Sheep's Clothing (1970) iii. 22 ‘Western’..along with its synonyms, ‘horse opera’, ‘oater’.

1975 Radio Times 10 Jan. 10/1 Borden (Red River) Chase wrote this expansive oater [sc. Lone Star] for Clark Gable.

1993 Independent on Sunday 4 Apr. (Review Suppl.) 32/4 Boy falls foul of law; boy meets girl, boy loses girl; boy decides it's the cowboy life for him. Your standard oater.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oater
释义	oatern. Brit. /ˈəʊtə/, U.S. /ˈoʊdər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: oat n., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < oat n. + -er suffix¹, so called from the association of oats with horses (as their main fodder; compare oat v.). Compare earlier oat opera n. at oat n. Compounds 2. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). = horse opera n. at horse n. Compounds 2a; (also) a radio programme or book of this nature. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > western wild western1864 western1910 horse opera1927 oat opera1937 oater1946 shoot-'em-up1953 spaghetti Western1969 shooter1981 1946 Time 29 Apr. 94/2 The first successful storytelling movie made in the U.S...was what the trade calls an oater—a Western. 1950 Sat. Evening Post 14 Jan. 68 Cooper should be cast in Westerns, and for a while he appeared only in such ‘they-went-thataway’ oaters as Arizona Bound and Nevada. 1969 M. Pei Words in Sheep's Clothing (1970) iii. 22 ‘Western’..along with its synonyms, ‘horse opera’, ‘oater’. 1975 Radio Times 10 Jan. 10/1 Borden (Red River) Chase wrote this expansive oater [sc. Lone Star] for Clark Gable. 1993 Independent on Sunday 4 Apr. (Review Suppl.) 32/4 Boy falls foul of law; boy meets girl, boy loses girl; boy decides it's the cowboy life for him. Your standard oater. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1946
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