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southerner

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Southern US/ˈsʌðᵊnə/

southerner noun: a native or inhabitant of the south of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as the United Kingdom. Also the alternative letter-case form of Southerner.

Noun (1)

southerner (plural southerners)

  1. A native or inhabitant of the south of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as the United Kingdom.
    Antonyms:
    northerner

Noun (2) capitalized: Southerner

Southerner (plural Southerners)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of southerner (native or inhabitant of the south of any region).
    Synonyms:
    Southron
  2. (US) A resident of the American South, often specifically a white resident of the American South.
    • Lee, known through life as "Roony," was a Virginian of the eighteenth century... Tall, largely built, handsome, genial, with liberal Virginian openness towards all he liked, he had also the Virginian habit of command and took leadership as his natural habit. No one cared to contest it. None of the...1905, Henry Adams, chapter IV, in The Education of Henry Adams
    • Strike the average of all I have said, and you get as the basic Southerner... an exceedingly simple fellow—a backcountry pioneer farmer or the immediate descendant of such a farmer... In some respects, perhaps as simple a type as Western civilization has produced in modern times... The Southerner...1941, Wilbur Joseph Cash, The Mind of the South, pages 29–30
  3. (US, historical) Synonym of Confederate: a citizen of the Confederate States of America.
    Synonyms:
    Confederate

Also used as

southerner is also the alternative letter-case form of Southerner.

Synonyms of southerner

Antonyms

Forms of southerner

pluralsoutherners
pluralSoutherners

Plural of southerner: southerners

Origin of southerner

From southern + -er.

Questions about southerner

What does southerner mean?
Southerner means a native or inhabitant of the south of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as the United Kingdom.
What part of speech is southerner?
Southerner is a noun.
How do you pronounce southerner?
Southerner is pronounced /ˈsʌðᵊnə/ (Southern US).
What is the plural of southerner?
The plural of southerner is southerners.

Words near southerner in the dictionary

  1. southern woodland violet
  2. southern yellow pine
  3. southern yellow pines
  4. Southern-fried
  5. Southerndown
  6. southerner
  7. southerners
  8. southernification
  9. southernisation
  10. southernise
  11. southernised

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