Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
north-easter
sometimes nor'easter, "wind blowing from the northeast," 1794, from northeast.
Usage examples of "north-easter".
By the time it reached the eastern American seaboard a north-easter was blowing, and a score of meteorologists drew their isobars and noted laconically that winter would be early this year.
He was a big, red-haired fellow, six feet four, and as strong as a stot, with a voice like a north-easter, and yon natives fair crawled like caterpillars in his presence.