DCHP-3

Great West

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the vast region north and west of Lake Superior, as known by the fur traders and explorers.

See: Northwest(def. 1a)

Quotations

1854
He . . . warned them to expect an avalanche of friendly Americans who would seek this thoroughfare to and from the Great West.
1916
Long before the Great West was more than a name to any but a handful in older Canada, hardy French voyageurs and Scottish adventurers had pushed their canoes or driven their Red River carts to the foot of the Rockies and beyond.