Northerner

[nawr-th er-ner]

noun

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

(lowercase) norther.

Origin of Northerner

First recorded in 1825–35; northern + -er¹

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Examples from the Web for northerner

Contemporary Examples of northerner

The Southern white man has the advantage of far more actual contact with Negroes than the Northerner.
Alex Haley’s 1965 Playboy Interview with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Alex Haley
January 19, 2014

Historical Examples of northerner

Nobody could say a word against him, except that he was a Northerner.
The Little Colonel
Annie Fellows Johnston
She is as good a Southerner as any one, and also as good a Northerner and Westerner.
The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV
Various
This low opinion was heartily reciprocated by the Northerner.
The Negro and the Nation
George S. Merriam
A Southerner is as brave, and has as much brains as a Northerner.
Chasing an Iron Horse
Edward Robins
Many a Christmas-time gift testified to the gratitude of the Northerner.
Chasing an Iron Horse
Edward Robins

British Dictionary definitions for northerner

Northerner

noun

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

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