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[ suhth-er-ner ] / ˈsʌð ər nər /
nouna native or inhabitant of the south. (initial capital letter) a native or inhabitant of the southern U.S. Origin of southernerFirst recorded in 1820–30; southern + -er1 Words nearby southernerSouthern Christian Leadership Conference, southern cornstalk borer, southern crab apple, Southern Cross, Southern Crown, southerner, Southern Fish, Southern-fried, southern fur seal, Southern Gothic, Southern Hemisphere Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for southernerNote that this includes George H.W. Bush as a Southerner by virtue of his Texas residency. Where Are The Southrons?|Justin Green|August 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST Between 1952 and 2004, the major party Presidential tickets included at least one Southerner between them. Where Are The Southrons?|Justin Green|August 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST Before 2008, the last election not to include a Southerner was 1948, which included candidates from Kentucky and Missouri. Where Are The Southrons?|Justin Green|August 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST For a Southerner, he is relatively immune to the cult of Bobby Lee. The Best Civil War Books|Malcolm Jones|April 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST
A month after meeting Stella, Castelli showed Cy Twombly, another Southerner like Rauschenberg and Johns. The Svengali of Pop Art|Annie Cohen-Solal|May 13, 2010|DAILY BEAST "That's part of my plantation, yes," answered the Southerner. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South|Laura Lee Hope Rubbish—he's a loyal Southerner—and if we have to fight he'll be with us. "Don't you want one of the windows for a souvenir," joked the Southerner. The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land|Gordon Stuart A southerner, hearing a great commotion in his chicken-house one dark night, took his revolver and went to investigate. Toaster's Handbook|Peggy Edmund and Harold W. Williams, compilers Oh, a southerner would call it depression, and assign it to the liver, for he traces all trouble to that source. Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers|Ian Maclaren
British Dictionary definitions for southerner
noun(sometimes not capital) a native or inhabitant of the south of any specified region, esp the South of England or the Southern states of the US Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |