northwester

American  

[nawrth-wes-ter, nawr-wes-ter] / ˌnɔrθˈwɛs tər, ˌnɔrˈwɛs tər /

noun

1. New England and South Atlantic States. a wind or gale from the northwest.

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northwester British  

/ ˌnɔːˈwɛstə, ˌnɔːθˈwɛstə /

noun

1. a strong wind or storm from the northwest

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Etymology

Origin of northwester

First recorded in 1725–35; northwest + -er ¹

Example Sentences

His story: a northwester blew away every one of the 2,000 pestholes an Alberta rancher had dug last summer and carried them clear out of the country.

From Time Magazine Archive

On one calamitous day early in 1953, a howling northwester teamed with a wild spring tide.

From Time Magazine Archive

The start off Newport came in a spanking northwester, and a too-daring majority of crews broke out their spinnakers.

From Time Magazine Archive

In clear, dry, arctic fury, the spearhead of the polar northwester cut down across Alberta and Saskatchewan, sweeping over the Dakotas and the U.S. middle border, sweeping southeast toward Key West and the equatorial sea.

From Time Magazine Archive

Light winds and thick weather now for rather more than a week, varied by a stiff northwester on the 22nd August, lasting over the greater part of two days.

From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Semmes, Raphael