Definition of "northwester" [north•west•er]

• A storm or gale blowing from the northwest. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The northwest is the direction identified with the strong wind known as the northwester."
• "By the second day of the northwester, Sheldon was in collapse from his fever."
• "The visa free northwester African country is now the favorite destination for illegal immigrants from the Philippines."