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noreaster

noreaster is the alternative form of northeaster.

Meaning of northeaster

Noun

northeaster (plural northeasters)

  1. An extratropical storm, usually found in coastal New England and Atlantic Canada, whose winds usually originate from the northeast.
    • A northeaster in one place may be an easter, a norther, or a souther in some other locality.1902, John Burroughs, Locusts and Wild Honey, page 81

Forms of noreaster

pluralnoreasters

Questions about noreaster

What is noreaster the alternative form of?
Noreaster is the alternative form of northeaster.

Words near noreaster in the dictionary

  1. Nordyke
  2. Nordykes
  3. Nore
  4. Nore og Uvdal
  5. noreast
  6. noreaster
  7. noreasterner
  8. noreasterners
  9. noreasters
  10. Noreen
  11. norelgestromin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: noreaster (page history and authors); northeaster (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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