ˈnortherner
[f. northern a. + -er1.]
1. U.S. One belonging to the northern States.
| 1831 J. M. Peck Guide for Emigrants ii. 60 Such for beauty and splendor and fragrance, the Northerners have never seen. 1840 J. Buel Farm. Compan. 19 Let not the Northerners take credit to themselves from this outline of old Virginia husbandry. 1890 Henty With Lee in Virg. 119 The Northerners protected by the strong fortifications they had thrown up round Washington. 1928 I. C. Ward Phonetics of English i. 3 A Northerner's pronunciation of but..is called ‘broad’. 1945 Chicago Daily News 1 Feb. 8/7 It's about time we long⁓suffering Northerners got it off our chest. |
2. A native or inhabitant of the north, or of the northern part of any country.
| 1841 Emerson Ess. Ser. i. Prudence, The northerner is perforce a householder. 1867 Hatton Tallants of Barton i, These northerners are a rare practical race. |