Dictionary

northeaster en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nér Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *nŕ̥t(e)ros Proto-Germanic *nurþraz Proto-West Germanic *norþr Old English norþ Middle English north English north English easter English northeaster From north + easter.

Meanings

1. An extratropical storm, usually found in coastal New England and Atlantic Canada, whose winds usually originate from the northeast.
   • A wave simulator in the tank can re-enact tsunamis and northeasters, and imitate wave conditions from midocean. 2007 February 20, Tina Kelley, “A Wet Wind Tunnel So Ships Can Move Faster and Better”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2022:
   • 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

Coordinates

southwester · northwester · southeaster