norther
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- noun
- /ˈnɔrðər/
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norte
- A cold norther swept through the town, bringing temperatures below freezing.
- a blue norther
- Norther blows
Examples
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Blue Northers are dry until they hit Gulf air.
Fiction book (1990) -
It's a Blue Norther.
Fiction book (1990) -
Be three or four days till this norther blows itself out.
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A heavy norther blew in one day just after Christmas.
Fiction book (1997) -
In the fall, there were Blue Northers, and little jets of cold air came through the walls.
Fiction book (1991) -
I hate these northers.
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Flash floods wipe out dirt roads in spring and fall, when powerful storms known as "Blue Northers" blow south from the Rocky Mountains.
Academic text (2011) -
A norther had blown in at dawn, and Lewis had spent the day at home, considering going to the office, reading newspapers piled up from a week before, restless and tired at the same time.
Fiction book (1990) -
The two old men and the seventeen-year-old girl sat at the dining room table out in the country after supper was over and after the table was cleared, while outside, beyond the house walls and the curtainless windows, a cold blue norther began to blow up one more high plains midwinter storm.
Fiction book (1998) -
Last winter, a strong norther caught everyone off guard and left the streets icy.
Synonyms
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A wind that blows from the north toward the south
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A wind that comes from the north
A north wind or the Greek god of that wind
Antonyms
How Strong
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Norther comes from north and the ending -er, meaning 'from the north'. So a norther is a strong wind that blows from the north and often brings cold weather.