southeaster

American  

[sauth-ee-ster, sau-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

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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

After a stay of about a fortnight, during which we slipped for one southeaster, and were at sea two days, we got under way for Santa Barbara.

From Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

On deck he found the Mary Rogers running off before a howling southeaster.

From Brown Wolf and Other Jack London Stories Chosen and Edited By Franklin K. Mathiews by Jack London

Sometimes a "southeaster" blows up from the Japan Current, or Black Stream, as the Japanese call the warm, dark-blue waters that pour out of the China Sea.

From Stories of California by Ella M. Sexton

Still, a man isn't like a whale or a porpoise, that takes the, air in his nostrils, and never knows whether it is a southeaster or a northwester that he feeds upon.

From The Pilot by James Fenimore Cooper

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