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northeaster

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Etymology

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From north +‎ easter.

Noun

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northeaster (plural northeasters)

  1. An extratropical storm, usually found in coastal New England and Atlantic Canada, whose winds usually come from the northeast.
    Antonym: southwester
    • 1902, John Burroughs, Locusts and Wild Honey, page 81:
      A northeaster in one place may be an easter, a norther, or a souther in some other locality.
    • 2007 February 20, Tina Kelley, “A Wet Wind Tunnel So Ships Can Move Faster and Better”, in The New York Times[1]:
      A wave simulator in the tank can re-enact tsunamis and northeasters, and imitate wave conditions from midocean.

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