From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Nationality & race, Geographynorthernernor‧thern‧er, Northerner /ˈnɔːðənə $ ˈnɔːrðərnər/ noun [countable]SANSGsomeone from the northern part of a countryExamples from the Corpusnortherner• The other two were both northerners.• Gloucester showed no desire to unleash a northern invasion of the south, although a few northerners did receive minor pickings there.• In the ensuingriot, a hut containing refugeesseeking to flee the violence, mainly northerners, was set on fire.• Richard Hansard was then one of a group of northerners sent to restoreroyal authority in Hampshire.• Two universitypsychologyprofessors say they have scientificevidence that southerners are more prone to violence than northerners.• To the northerner, the apparently clockwise movement of the Sun and the stars results from an anticlockwise rotation of the earth.• Some are transplantednortherners who just got tired of waiting an extra two months each year for spring.