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SOUTHWESTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does southwester mean?
• SOUTHWESTER (noun)
The noun SOUTHWESTER has 1 sense:
1. a strong wind from the southwest
Familiarity information: SOUTHWESTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A strong wind from the southwest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
sou'wester; southwester
Hypernyms ("southwester" 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:
southwesterly (coming from the southwest)
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