[f. SOUTH a. + -ER1.] A south wind or gale.

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1862.  M. Hopkins, Hawaii, 10. In the roadstead … there is excellent anchorage except during a Souther or ‘Kona.’

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1884.  J. Burroughs, Locusts & Wild H., 120. A north-easter in one place may be … a souther in some other locality.

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