"northwester" in the noun sense
1. northwest wind, northwester
a wind from the northwest
"northwester" in the adjective sense
1. northwestern, northwesterly, northwest
situated in or oriented toward the northwest
2. northwesterly, northwest
coming from the northwest
"northwesterly winds"
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