northern

adjective

1. 1.

   Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north; northerly.

2. 2.

   Situated in or coming from regions of the north

3. 3.

   of a wind

   Blowing from the north; northerly.

4. 4.

   british

   Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised)

5. 5.

   British

   In or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

noun

1. 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. 2.

   canada

   A genre of fiction focusing on the untamed northern territory of Canada and sometimes Alaska, particularly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

3. 3.

   An inhabitant of the northern regions; a northerner.

4. 4.

   The Northern Line of the London Underground.

Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

• northernernounInflected form

  An inhabitant of the North.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

• northern baptistnounCompound term

  A member of the American Baptist Convention.

• northern baptist conventionnounCompound term

  An association of Northern Baptists.

• northern barramundinounCompound term

  A species of large fish found in Australian rivers.

• northern bedstrawnounCompound term

  North American stoloniferous perennial having white flowers.

• northern beech fernnounCompound term

  Beech fern of North America and Eurasia.

• northern bobwhitenounCompound term

  A favorite game bird of eastern and central United States.