Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A native or inhabitant of the north, especially the northern United States.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A native of or a resident in the north, or in the northern part of any country, especially of a country divided into two distinct sections, a northern and a southern; specifically, a citizen of the north or northern United States.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One born or living in the north.
- noun United States A native or inhabitant of the Northern States; -- contradistinguished from
Southerner .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A native or inhabitant of the
north of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as one of thenorthern United States , the north of Norway, etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
- noun an inhabitant of the North
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Examples
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He is a tall, thin Chinese northerner with a pockmarked face.
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The northerner was a hundred feet away and widening the gap.
The Misenchanted Sword Watt-Evans, Lawrence, 1954- 1985
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Nor should one stop with Charlemagne (who, for purposes of argument, might be dubbed a "northerner"), but go back to Emperor Justinian whose Italian war in the middle of the sixth century was not only an effort to reconstitute Imperial power throughout the Mediterranean but a determined and brutal crusade against the Ostrogoths who had accepted Arian Christianity.
God, Money, & the Crusades Huttenbach, Henry R. 1970
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B owners in last night's episodes were it: two couples enslaved to cleanliness and bureaucracy, the other featuring a man who used "northerner" as shorthand for poor and with very bad taste.
The Guardian World News Vicky Frost 2010
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B owners in last night's episodes were it: two couples enslaved to cleanliness and bureaucracy, the other featuring a man who used "northerner" as shorthand for poor and with very bad taste.
The Guardian World News Vicky Frost 2010
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During the Civil War, a northerner in Houston saw “innumerable Negroes and Negresses parading about the streets in the most outrageously grand costumes,” clothes that greatly surpassed the “simple dresses” of their mistresses.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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To a true northerner, they are no less southern than David Cameron.
No wonder the coalition hasn't got many friends in the north | Andrew Rawnsley 2011
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To a true northerner, they are no less southern than David Cameron.
No wonder the coalition hasn't got many friends in the north | Andrew Rawnsley 2011
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As a northerner transplanted to the South, I gotta say you have no idea what you're talking about.
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Annie said ... your blog is so much fun to read. i love all things spicy and, being a northerner, have never had things like real chorizo. i noted that you said to remove the seeds before pureeing the peppers. is that an edibility issue or a heat thing? thank you so much for sharing a style of cooking i would never have known much about.
Making my own Mexican chorizo | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009
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