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northeasters

northeasters is the plural 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

Questions about northeasters

What is northeasters the plural of?
Northeasters is the plural of northeaster.

Words near northeasters in the dictionary

  1. northeastern water tick
  2. northeastern water ticks
  3. northeasterner
  4. northeasterners
  5. northeasternmost
  6. northeasters
  7. northeastmost
  8. northeasts
  9. northeastward
  10. northeastwardly
  11. northeastwards

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