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Northeaster

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Noun
  1. 1
    An extratropical storm, usually found in coastal New England and Atlantic Canada, whose winds usually originate from the northeast.

    "A northeaster in one place may be an easter, a norther, or a souther in some other locality."

  2. 2
    a storm blowing from the northeast wordnet

Etymology

From north + easter.

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