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One who lives either north or south of the tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; -- so called because at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other so…

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  1. n. One who lives either north or south of the tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; -- so called because at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other southward).
  2. One who lives either north or south of the tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; -- so called because at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other southward).
  3. One who lives either north or south of the tropics, ascontrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; -- so calledbecause at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (theone northward, the other southward).