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NORTHERNER
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Irregular inflected form: northerner
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An inhabitant of the North
Classified under:
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:
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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