down-easter
Person from Maine
A down-easter is a native or resident of the northeastern United States, particularly Maine or the Maritime provinces of Canada.
The term comes from sailing terminology—ships traveling from Boston to Maine sailed "down east" with the prevailing winds.
A Down Easter is also a type of 19th-century American sailing ship built in Maine, designed to combine the speed of clipper ships with greater cargo capacity.
Multi-masted sailing craft
- clipperFast ship or trimmer
- windjammerLarge commercial sailing ship
- merchantmanCommercial sailing vessel
- sailing shipWind-propelled ocean vessel
coaster · cargo vessel · wooden ship · mast · rigging · hull · deck · bow
Large marine shellfish
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- coastalOf the shoreline
- AcadiaFormer French colonial region
- PenobscotAlgonquian people of Maine
Yankee · chowder · Portland · Bangor · fishing village · lighthouse · sea captain · shipbuilding
Solidly built, durable
- hardyAble to endure difficulty
- resilientAble to recover quickly
- ruggedTough and uneven
- self-reliantAble to provide independently
practical · taciturn · resourceful · thrifty · weather-beaten · stoic · independent · hardworking
schooner
Multi-masted sailing craft
- clipperFast ship or trimmer
- windjammerLarge commercial sailing ship
- merchantmanCommercial sailing vessel
sailing ship · coaster · cargo vessel · wooden ship · mast · rigging · hull · deck · bow · stern
lobster
Large marine shellfish
Penobscot · Yankee · chowder · Portland · Bangor · fishing village · lighthouse · sea captain · shipbuilding · Atlantic
sturdy
Solidly built, durable
self-reliant · practical · taciturn · resourceful · thrifty · weather-beaten · stoic · independent · hardworking · no-nonsense
down-eastersoutherner
Person from lower regions
Californian · Texan · westerner · Floridian · Arizonan
down-eastercity slicker
Savvy metropolitan dweller
cosmopolitan · urbanite · landlubber · flatlander · outlander
down, east, eastern, easterly, eastward, easterners, downer, downs, downed