Sekirov Dictionary

northern

UK /ˈnɔː.ðən/US /ˈnɔɹ.ðɚn/

adjective 5
noun 5
forms 7

adjective5

in, facing or connected with the side of a place that is opposite the south
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(US) Characteristic of the northern part of the United States (the North) (usually capitalised).
- She's a Northern girl, so she had to ask what hush puppies and mudbugs are. We were happy to serve her the answer on a platter!
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(UK) Characteristic of the North of England (the North) (usually capitalised).
- Les Dawson was a famous Northern comedian.
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(UK) Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised)
- Les Dawson was a famous northern comedian.
Blowing from the north; northerly.

noun5

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The northern pike.
- As is the case with northerns, the female muskie, trailed by her attendant males, may broadcast eggs over several hundred yards. — 1993
An inhabitant of the northern regions; a northerner.
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(Canada) A genre of fiction focusing on the untamed northern territory of Canada and sometimes Alaska, particularly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- I decided to kick back and lose myself in a good Northern for a while.
A film or other dramatic work set primarily in the late 19th or early 20th century in the north of North America, primarily in western Canada but also in Alaska, often with a Mountie as the protagonist.
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A steam locomotive of the 4-8-4 wheel arrangement.
- It takes something big, like a Northern, to pull a train of this size.

forms

Northerns · northerns · more Northern · more northern · most Northern · most northern · northernmost

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