HORSE OPERA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development

Synonyms:

horse opera; Western

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("horse opera" is a kind of...):

feature; feature film (the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "horse opera"):

spaghetti Western (a low-budget Western movie produced by a European (especially an Italian) film company)

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