northerner
noun [C] (also Northerner) /ˈnɔː.ðən.ər/
/ˈnɔːr.ðɚ.nɚ/ Definition
› a person who comes from the north of a country: He lives in London now, but his family are all northerners.Parts of countries
(Definition of northerner noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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