Northerner

[ nawr-ther-ner ]

noun

1. (sometimes lowercase) a native or inhabitant of the North, especially the northern U.S.
2. (lowercase) norther.

Northerner

/ ˈnɔːðənə /

noun

1. sometimes not capital a native or inhabitant of the north of any specified region, esp England or the US

Word History and Origins

Origin of Northerner¹

First recorded in 1825–35; northern + -er ¹

Example Sentences

A Northerner brought to Georgia decades ago as a child, George never developed any sympathy for the Southern cause.

From Washington Post

The Southern white man has the advantage of far more actual contact with Negroes than the Northerner.

From The Daily Beast

It was the clutch of something racial and inherited—a something which the Northerner hardly knows.

From Project Gutenberg

He was no ice-bound northerner, to nurse his fires deep within, and to wax more stony the more they burned.

From Project Gutenberg

The terrible, slow-kindling anger of this Northerner made Durnovo catch his breath.

From Project Gutenberg

In shipwreck it is the exceptional Northerner who forgets his duty, and the exceptional Southerner who is bound by it.

From Project Gutenberg

But the northerner was not suited by nature for the hot and enervating climate of the south.

From Project Gutenberg