southeaster

American  

[south-ee-ster, sou-ee-ster] / ˌsaʊθˈi stər, ˌsaʊˈi stər /

noun

1. a wind or storm from the southeast.

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southeaster British  

/ ˌsaʊˈiːstə, ˌsaʊθˈiːstə /

noun

1. a strong wind or storm from the southeast

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Etymology

Origin of southeaster

First recorded in 1830–40; southeast + -er ¹

Example Sentences

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southeaster

But inexplicably, the seasonal westerly wind that was blowing the slick toward shore shifted back to a southeaster, pushing the sticky mass, including a particularly threatening "mousse" of heavy oil, back out to sea.

From Time Magazine Archive

The southeaster was tearing across the open spaces and bending everything before it; the lumbering boat dipped sideward in a stolid encounter with its adversary.

From The Blood Red Dawn by Charles Caldwell Dobie

Meantime the southeaster, dead ahead and blowing harder every minute, was sending its seas further and further aft.

From Overland by J. W. (John William) De Forest

A gale far more disastrous than that memorable southeaster of last autumn may therefore be expected.

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 04, April 23, 1870 by Various

For forty-eight hours a southeaster had swept the sea, that rare phenomenon of a summer gale which did not blow itself out between suns.

From Poor Man's Rock by Frank Tenney Johnson