northeasterner

[ nawrth-ee-ster-ner ]

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of the northeast.
2. (initial capital letter) a native or inhabitant of the northeastern part of the U.S.

Word History and Origins

Origin of northeasterner¹

1960–65; northeastern + -er ¹

Example Sentences

As a northeasterner, I've long associated back to school with the cooler, brisker days of pumpkin spice season.

From Salon

He became a kind of evangelist for a 21st-century El Paso, celebrated in the local press as a returning Northeasterner “saving the city from the brain drain.”

From New York Times

The root of “Girls of the Golden West” is the writings of Dame Shirley, the pen name of Louise Clappe, a Northeasterner who came west with her husband and eloquently chronicled what she saw.

From Los Angeles Times

I'm a brash and loud Northeasterner, and so my advice to the president might not be in some respect substantively different than the advice Mike gives to the president, because we are both Republicans and believe generally in the orthodoxy of our party.

From Salon

The interior is kept at exactly thirty-two degrees, with exactly zero wind—hardly bodysuit conditions, at least for a Northeasterner—but I played along and donned the gear.

From The New Yorker