northeaster

English

Alternative forms

• nor'easter, noreaster

Etymology

From north +‎ easter.

Noun

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.

Coordinate terms

• southeaster
• southwester
• northwester