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northern
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[ adjective ] (geography) in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
Examples "Northern liberals" "northern industry" "northern cities" Used in print (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)Northern liberals are the chief supporters of civil_rights and of integration . I write about Northern liberals from considerable personal experience . I am concerned here , however , with the Northern liberal 's attitude toward the South . Accounts have been published of Northern liberals in the South up_against segregationist prejudice , especially in state-supported universities where pressure may be strong to uphold the majority view . All Southerners agree that slavery had to go ; but many historians maintain that except for Northern meddling it would have ended in states like Virginia years before it did . |
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[ adjective ] situated in or oriented toward the north
Synonyms Examples "the northern suburbs" "going in a northerly direction" Used in print (Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)The Pathet_Lao forces held two northern provinces and openly took the offensive in three more . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] coming from the north; used especially of wind
Synonyms Examples "the north wind doth blow" "a northern snowstorm" "the winds are northerly" Used in print (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)There was the smell of the coast , like a primeval memory , composed of equal parts salt_water , clams , seaweed and northern air . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] situated in or coming from regions of the north
Examples "the northern hemisphere" "northern autumn colors" Related terms southern boreal north-central north-central septrional North |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6207
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[ noun ] (linguistics) a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans
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