Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun northerner
2 senses of northerner
Sense 1
Northerner -- (an inhabitant of the North)
=> inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller -- (a person who inhabits a particular place)
Sense 2
Yankee, Yank, Northerner -- (an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War))
=> American -- (a native or inhabitant of the United States)