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NORTHERNER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: northerner   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inhabitant of the North

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Northerner" is a kind of...):

denizen; dweller; habitant; indweller; inhabitant (a person who inhabits a particular place)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)

Synonyms:

Northerner; Yank; Yankee

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Northerner" is a kind of...):

American (a native or inhabitant of the United States)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Northerner"):

Federal; Federal soldier; Union soldier (a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War)

Holonyms ("Northerner" is a member of...):

North (the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line)

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