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Northerner

Northerner

8 3.5
A person who comes from or lives in the north of a country
  • noun
  • /ˈnɔrðərnər/
translation icon : norteño
  • People often ask me what it means to be a Northerner, and I tell them it's about community and resilience.
  • northerners and southerners
  • Native northerners

So every weekend you was guaranteed a punch up with these Northerners, Midlanders, whatever.

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Examples

  • As a proud Northerner, she always advocates for the unique culture of the North.

  • I'm not one of those northerners who despises the whole south.

    Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)

  • I'll have to remind you, sir, that my wife is a northerner and a stranger here.

    Jezebel (1938)

  • "It's not easy to shave on board a ship," the northerner answered.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • You don't sound like a northerner.

    Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)

  • I turned to see a fellow Northerner, nervously holding out an ID.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Mercury swings into the morning sky during March, but it will be much harder for northerners to see.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Much has been written about the means by which northerners and southerners attempted to reconcile their divided past.

    Academic text (2015)

  • You're bold, Northerner.

    Conan the Barbarian (2011)

  • During the festival, I met another Northerner who shared stories about our hometown.

Synonyms

Yank
vsNortherner
  • Archaic
1 8.8

A person from the northern United States, especially during the Civil War

is the broader term for people from the north of any country
Yankee
vsNortherner
  • US
1 5.8

A person from the northern United States, often from New England

is broader, meaning a person from the north of any country

How Northern

Borean
  • Archaic
9.9
Northerner
8 3.5

Surface Forms

Northerner singular
Northerners plural

Morphology

Northerner = northern (transparent) = north + ern + er

Built by adding the agentive suffix '-er' to 'northern' to denote a person from the north; this is a regular and easily predictable derivation.

Etymology

Northerner comes from north, meaning 'the top part of a map', and the ending -er, meaning 'a person from'. So a Northerner is simply a person who comes from or lives in the north, for example the north of England or the northern United States.