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north
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[ noun ] (geography) the region of the United States lying north of the Mason-Dixon line
Used in print (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)The name presumably derives from the French royal_house which never learned and never forgot ; since Bourbon whiskey , though of Kentucky origin , is at_least as much favored by liberals in the North as by conservatives in the South . The nature of the opposition between liberals and Bourbons is too little understood in the North . It is these other differences between North and South - other , that_is , than those which concern discrimination or social_welfare - which I chiefly discuss herein . I do not think that my experience would be typical for Southerners living in the North . The strong feeling is certainly there ; but there is a leavening of liberalism among college graduates throughout the South , especially among those who studied in the North . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] in a northern direction
Synonyms Examples "they earn more up North" "Let's go north!" Used in print (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)Their own easier , slower tempo is especially dear to Southerners ; and I have heard many say that they are content to earn a half or a third as_much_as they could up North because they so much prefer the quieter habits of their home_town . (Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)In 1846 Matthew_B._Goodwin , jeweler and watchmaker , became the town 's first telegrapher in a dwelling he built for himself and his business `` two doors north of the Equinox_House '' or `` one door north of the Bank , Manchester , Vermont '' . |
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[ adverb ] in a northern direction
Synonyms Examples "they earn more up North" "Let's go north!" Used in print (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)Their own easier , slower tempo is especially dear to Southerners ; and I have heard many say that they are content to earn a half or a third as_much_as they could up North because they so much prefer the quieter habits of their home_town . (Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)In 1846 Matthew_B._Goodwin , jeweler and watchmaker , became the town 's first telegrapher in a dwelling he built for himself and his business `` two doors north of the Equinox_House '' or `` one door north of the Bank , Manchester , Vermont '' . |
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[ adjective ] situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north
Examples "artists like north light" "the north portico" Used in print (Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)In 1846 Matthew_B._Goodwin , jeweler and watchmaker , became the town 's first telegrapher in a dwelling he built for himself and his business `` two doors north of the Equinox_House '' or `` one door north of the Bank , Manchester , Vermont '' . (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)The city was a center of manufacture , especially in textiles , and also because of the beauty of some of its surroundings , a residence for many owners of the great industries in north Alabama . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)It was thickly_settled by fifteen thousand citizens and laid_out into pig infested streets , mostly around the Battery , going bravely north to Wall_Street , but giving_up and becoming fields and farms in the region of Harlem_Heights . On the shores north and south , the fishers and mooncursers - smugglers - lived along the churning Great_South_Bay and the narrow barrier of sand , Fire_Island . |
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[ noun ] (government,geography) the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
Synonyms Examples "he has visited every state in the Union" "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union" "the North's superior resources turned the scale" Used in print (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)My definition of this much abused adjective is that a reconstructed rebel is one who is glad that the North won the War . (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)They all prayed now that the North would realize that peace must come , for Virginia had defended her land victoriously . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (geography) any region lying in or toward the north
Synonyms Used in print (The Providence Journal...)To anyone who remembers Newport at its less_than maximum violence , this view of what the boys and girls do in the springtime before they wing north for the Jazz_Festival ought to prove entertaining . |
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[ noun ] the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
Used in print (James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)Floating ice bore_down from the north and west . (L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)Within about an hour with the help of reports from seismic stations in Alaska , Arizona and California , the quake 's epicenter was placed at 51 degrees North latitude and 158 degrees East longitude . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1797
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[ noun ] (politics) British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)
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[ noun ] the direction in which a compass needle points
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