单词 | northwesterner |
释义 | northwesternern.ΚΠ 1845 C. Mathews Big Abel v. 40 There was a packet-captain for you! Not a word of the sea, nor of fine company on ship-board, nor wrecks, nor great north-westerners, nor strange appearances far from shore. 2. A native or inhabitant of the north-western part of a country or region. ΚΠ 1860–1 W. Whitman Leaves of Grass 350 There shall be countless linked hands—namely, the Northeasterner's, and the Northwesterner's, and the Southwesterner's, and those of the interior. 1905 Polit. Sci. Q. 20 287 Perhaps he finds a former northwesterner and sends him to his old home. 1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 7 June 25/2 Another hardy northwesterner is the mustard bush. 1998 P. Gourevitch We wish to inform You vi. 76 The competition was intense among the northwesterners, who had risen to prominence on Habyarimana's coattails. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1845 |
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