southwester
- n a strong wind from the southwest
- s coming from the southwest
the winds are southwesterly - s situated in or oriented toward the southwest
- Beating upwind against a 20-knot southwester on the twice-around, windward-leeward course of 24 miles, Columbia was out ahead rounding the first mark, plowed on through the .
- Diving through a howling southwester, a squadron of Blenheim bombers poured their loads into Boulogne, starting fires at the rate of one a minute.