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sou'wester

sou'wester is the alternative form of southwester.

Meaning of southwester

Noun

southwester (plural southwesters)

  1. A strong wind blowing from the southwest.
    • Have you ever stood at the edge of a great wood on a high ridge when a wild south-wester broke over it in full fury on an autumn evening?1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia
  2. (more often sou'wester) A waterproof hat, often of oilskin and with a long brim at the back covering the neck, designed to repel wind and rain.
    Synonyms:
    cape ann
  3. (more often sou'wester) A long raincoat, often worn at sea.

Forms of sou'wester

pluralsou'westers

Words formed from sou'wester

Questions about sou'wester

What is sou'wester the alternative form of?
Sou'wester is the alternative form of southwester.

Words near sou'wester in the dictionary

  1. sou'-wests
  2. sou'easter
  3. sou'easters
  4. Sou'frican
  5. Sou'fricans
  6. sou'wester
  7. sou'westered
  8. sou'westers
  9. Souad
  10. souanpan
  11. souari

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sou'wester (page history and authors); southwester (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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