Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A storm or gale blowing from the northwest.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Canada, one who is employed by the Northwest Fur Company.
- noun A wind or gale from the northwest.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A storm or gale from the northwest; a strong northwest wind.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A strong
wind blowing from thenorthwest
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a wind from the northwest
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Examples
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The northwest is the direction identified with the strong wind known as the northwester.
The Power of Vastu Living Kathleen Cox 2002
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By the second day of the northwester, Sheldon was in collapse from his fever.
Chapter 4 2010
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The visa free northwester African country is now the favorite destination for illegal immigrants from the Philippines.
Morocco transit point for illegal immigrants to Europe Nomadicasian 2007
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I think and I'm hoping that I'm right here that the northeaster, northwester quadrant, which we'll be in and where Mobile is, we'll quickly get a north wind, which will push the water out to sea as opposed to pulling it in.
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Hurricane warnings are out from Florida City and up through St. Augustine and Lake Okeechobee, as well, and the northwester Bahamas.
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Cobwebs in the rigging mean a northwester in the near future.
Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998
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Cobwebs in the rigging mean a northwester in the near future.
Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998
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His engine played out and he got blown off by a northwester.
Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good Albert Walter Tolman
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A northwester was coming up, and after his experience on the eve of Plassey, Desmond knew what that meant.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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-- Bridget becomes as a mighty wind and peels off the immeasurable table-cloth as a northwester strips off the leafy damask from the autumn woods.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Various
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