Northern

adjective

1. 1

   Characteristic of the North of England (the North) (usually capitalised).

   Les Dawson was a famous Northern comedian.

2. 2

   Characteristic of the northern part of the United States (the North) (usually capitalised).

   She's a Northern girl, so she had to ask what hush puppies and mudbugs are. We were happy to serve her the answer on a platter!

proper noun

1. 1

   A surname.

2. 2

   The Northern Line of the London Underground.

3. 3

   historicalAny of several former railroads called the Northern Railroad in the 19th century.

   We don't move any freight on the Northern anymore.

noun

1. 1

   A steam locomotive of the 4-8-4 wheel arrangement.

   It takes something big, like a Northern, to pull a train of this size.

   Along the UP Trail, America's original transcontinental, mention of the 800's will long recall the capable, long-legged Northerns that were built for standard-weight limiteds but often doubled for diesels on the City streamliners.

2. 2

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

   I decided to kick back and lose myself in a good Northern for a while.

Forms

plural

Northerns

comparative

more Northern

superlative

most Northern