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
Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
In her later years, Keating was a snowbird, splitting her time between Massachusetts and Palm Springs, California.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
How that will impact the winter season in popular Canadian snowbird locales including Arizona, South Carolina and Florida isn’t clear.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The lakes are the reason people move to Rome, said the Garrows, who are snowbirds and bought the property in 2019.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Snowbird.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowbird. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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