norther

norther
/nawr"dheuhr/, n.
1. Chiefly Texas and Oklahoma. a cold gale from the north, formed during the winter by a vigorous outbreak of continental polar air behind a cold front.
2. a wind or storm from the north.
Also, northerner.
[1770-80, Amer.; NORTH + -ER1]

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