northerner

See also: Northerner

English

Etymology

From Middle English northerner, equivalent to northern +‎ -er.

Noun

northerner (plural northerners)

1. A native or inhabitant of the north of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as one of the northern United States, the north of Norway, etc.
   • 2020 December 16, Richard Clinnick, “Network News: A new era as Northern bids a final farewell to Pacers”, in Rail, page 10:

     "The Pacers have kept millions of northerners on the move. But while they have served us well and provided some communities with rail services they may have otherwise lost, it is time to give them a well-earned rest," said Northern Regional Director Chris Jackson.

Translations

person from the north of a region

• Belarusian: паўно́чнік m (paŭnóčnik), паўно́чніца m (paŭnóčnica)
• Catalan: septentrional (ca) m or f, nordista m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北方人 (zh) (běifāngrén)

• Czech: seveřan m, seveřanka f
• Esperanto: nordano, nordulo, nordlandano, nordisto
• French: habitant du nord m, habitante du nord f, nordiste (fr) m or f
• Georgian: ჩრდილოელი (črdiloeli)
• German: Bewohner des Nordens m, Bewohnerin des Nordens f, Nordländer (de) m, Nordländerin (de) f
• Greek: βόρειος (el) m (vóreios)
• Italian: nordista (it), nordico (it)
• Japanese: 北国人 (ほっこくじん, hokkokujin)
• Russian: северя́нин (ru) m (severjánin), северя́нка (ru) f (severjánka), жи́тель се́вера m (žítelʹ sévera), жи́тельница се́вера f (žítelʹnica sévera)
• Spanish: norteño (es) m, norteña (es) f

See also

• easterner
• southerner
• westerner

References

• “northerner”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.