Usually means: Wind blowing from the northwest.
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  1. northwester: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. northwester: Merriam-Webster
  3. northwester: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. northwester: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. northwester: Collins English Dictionary
  6. northwester: Vocabulary.com
  7. northwester: Wordnik
  8. northwester: Wiktionary
  9. northwester: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. northwester: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. northwester: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Northwester, northwester: Dictionary.com
  13. Northwester: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. northwester: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. northwester: Rhymezone
  16. Northwester: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. northwester: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. northwester: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. northwester: FreeDictionary.org

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Definitions from Wiktionary (northwester)

▸ noun:  A strong wind blowing from the northwest.

Similar:
northwest wind, northwesterly, nor'wester, northeasterly, north-west, westerliness, northeaster, northward, northlander, harr, more...

Opposite:
southeaster, northeaster, southwestern, southeastern

Types:
chinook, pampero, cierzo, ciclone, boreas, more...

Adjectives:
strong, cold, stiff, fresh, fierce, brisk, heavy, keen, tremendous, clear, violent

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Similar:
northwest wind, northwesterly, nor'wester, northeasterly, north-west, westerliness, northeaster, northward, northlander, harr, more...

Opposite:
southeaster, northeaster, southwestern, southeastern

Types:
chinook, pampero, cierzo, ciclone, boreas, more...

Adjectives:
strong, cold, stiff, fresh, fierce, brisk, heavy, keen, tremendous, clear, violent



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