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Fremantle Doctor

Fremantle Doctor proper noun: the sea breeze that blows from the Indian Ocean over Perth, Western Australia.

Proper noun

Fremantle Doctor

  1. (Australia) The sea breeze that blows from the Indian Ocean over Perth, Western Australia.
    • Afterwards, you go up with your oldies to the beer garden and you get a lemon squash and sit in the shade and wait for the Fremantle Doctor.1986, Tim Winton, That Eye, the Sky, Scribner Paperback, published 2002, page 38
    • Just offshore from Rous Head, the Fremantle Doctor had its effect on the America′s Cup defence in 1987, where the course was positioned.2005, Australian Geographic: The Journal of the Australian Geographic Society, numbers 77-80, page 18
    Synonyms:
    Doctor, Freo Doctor

Synonyms of Fremantle Doctor

Origin of Fremantle Doctor

Named after the city (now within Perth suburbs) of Fremantle, which is the direction the wind comes from to reach central districts of Perth; called the "doctor" for the relief it brings on hot summer days.

Questions about Fremantle Doctor

What does Fremantle Doctor mean?
Fremantle Doctor means the sea breeze that blows from the Indian Ocean over Perth, Western Australia.
What part of speech is Fremantle Doctor?
Fremantle Doctor is a proper noun.

Words near Fremantle Doctor in the dictionary

  1. frelling
  2. frells
  3. frem
  4. fremanezumab
  5. Fremantle
  6. Fremantle Doctor
  7. Fremantles
  8. fremd
  9. fremder
  10. fremdest
  11. fremdling

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