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NORTHWESTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does northwester mean?
• NORTHWESTER (noun)
The noun NORTHWESTER has 1 sense:
1. a wind from the northwest
Familiarity information: NORTHWESTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wind from the northwest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
northwest wind; northwester
Hypernyms ("northwester" is a kind of...):
air current; current of air; wind (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure)
Derivation:
northwesterly (coming from the northwest)
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