snowbird
noun
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Snowbird has been in use since the late 1600s, but it has only been applied to humans since the early 1900s. It was first used to describe men who enlisted in the armed forces to get food and clothing during the winter months and then deserted as the warm spring weather approached. Not long after, the term was applied to the northern laborers who would flock down south to work as the cold, harsh winter set in up north. Today, northerners of all kinds, from vacationers to retirees, can be seen migrating as soon as the first frost arrives.
Examples of snowbird in a Sentence
Brett Samuels, The Hill, 19 Mar. 2025
Not unlike the human snowbirds, hundreds of actual birds use Port Aransas and neighboring Mustang Island as a popular resting place in their seasonal migratory patterns through the Central Flyway.
—Mariah Tyler, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2025
Were those thousands of Cavs fans all snowbirds, coming up from their winter homes in Windermere, Naples and Fort Myers?
—Joe Vardon, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
In Travel + Leisure’s latest highlights of the most exciting new routes, February not only has lots of flights to the big game but also new red-eyes from Southwest, and dozens of new snowbird options to Florida.
—Edward Russell, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Snowbird.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowbird. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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