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southwester

American

[sauth-wes-ter, sau-wes-ter] / ˌsaʊθˈwɛs tər, ˌsaʊˈwɛs tər /

noun

a wind, gale, or storm from the southwest.
sou'wester.

southwester British

/ ˌsaʊθˈwɛstə, ˌsaʊˈwɛstə /

noun

a strong wind or storm from the southwest

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Etymology

Origin of southwester

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

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Beating upwind against a 20-knot southwester on the twice-around, windward-leeward course of 24 miles, Columbia was out ahead rounding the first mark, plowed on through the running sea to win by 2 min.

From Time Magazine Archive

We had on oil-cloth suits and southwester caps, and had nothing to do but to stand bolt upright and let it pour down upon us.

From Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

In six days we had two stiff blows, and, in addition, one proper southwester and one rip-snorting southeaster.

From A Collection of Stories by Jack London

Amyas could not sail the next day, or the day after; for the southwester freshened, and blew three parts of a gale dead into the bay.

From Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth by Charles Kingsley

"It is the raw southwester that gets to the bone," replied Inspector Dickson.

From The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail by Ralph Connor

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