northerner (norTherner)

A native of or a resident in the north, or in the northern part of any country, especially of a country divided into two distinct sections, a northern and a southern; specifically, a citizen of the north or northern United States. Kingsley, Ode to the North-East Wind. 2. The silver shilling or sixpence of New England in the reign of Charles I.: so called from their having the letters N. E. (meaning 'New England, but a umed to mean 'northeast') impre ed on one of their faces. northeasterly (north'ēs'ter-li), a. east, after easterly .] Going toward or coming drinking Northerners enjoy, is to them [Asiatics] delight. [ from the northeast, or the general direction of northeast: as, a northeasterly course; a north- easterly wind. northeasterly (north'ēs'ter-li), adv . [ Came from the north. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., i. 1. 51. northeastern (north'ēs'tern), a . [(= OHG. The false North displays Her broken league to imp their serpent wings. Milton , Sonnets, x. IMG:content-1451.png:[blocks in formation] No, I will speak as liberal as the north . Shak ., Othello, v. 2. 220. The stream is fleet the north breathes steadily Beneath the stars. Shelley, Revolt of Islam, viii. 1. 5. Eccles ., the side of a church that is on the left hand of one who faces the altar or high altar. See east , 1. Magnetic north. See magnetic. II. a. 1. Being in the north; northern. Tho that selde hauen the sonne and sitten in the north -half. Piers Plowman (C), xix. 66. nordöstrōni) northeastward (north'est'wärd), adv. [