Usually means: Strong, warm wind from northwest.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. nor'wester: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. nor'wester, nor'wester: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Nor'wester, nor'wester: Wordnik
  4. nor'wester, norwester: Wiktionary
  5. nor'wester: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. nor'wester: Dictionary.com
  7. Nor'wester (Bangladesh), Nor'wester (disambiguation): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. nor'wester: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. norwester: Dictionary.com

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  1. nor'wester: Encyclopedia

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. norwester: Master Mariner

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Nor'wester)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of northwester [A strong wind blowing from the northwest.]

Similar:
nor'wester, northwind, sou'wester, nor'easter, sou'easter, noreaster, wind-stream, tradewind, wind storm, trade-wind, more...

Opposite:
southeaster, easterly, southerly

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Similar:
nor'wester, northwind, sou'wester, nor'easter, sou'easter, noreaster, wind-stream, tradewind, wind storm, trade-wind, more...

Opposite:
southeaster, easterly, southerly



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