northern
Forms
- Comparative
- more northern
- Superlative
- most northern
- Plural
- northerns
Definitions
1.Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north; northerly.
- Sadhana and Sanjeev Prasad, who live in Haridwar, a city in northern Uttarakhand state, filed a petition this month seeking 50 million Indian rupees (about $643,000) in damages from their son, 35, and his wife, 31.
2.Blowing from the north; northerly.
3.Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised)
- Les Dawson was a famous northern comedian.
4.Characteristic of the North of England (the North) (usually capitalised).
- Les Dawson was a famous Northern comedian.
1.A film or other dramatic work set primarily in the late 19th or early 20th century in the north of North America, primarily in western Canada but also in Alaska, often with a Mountie as the protagonist.
2.A steam locomotive of the 4-8-4 wheel arrangement.
- It takes something big, like a Northern, to pull a train of this size.
3.An inhabitant of the northern regions; a northerner.
4.The northern pike.
- As is the case with northerns, the female muskie, trailed by her attendant males, may broadcast eggs over several hundred yards.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2021
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English northerne, from Old English norþerne, from Proto-West Germanic *norþrōnī, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrōnijaz. Cognate with Old High German nordrōni and Old Norse norrœnn.
Morphologically north + -ern.