Associations to the word «Southerner»

Wiktionary

SOUTHERNER, noun. Alternative letter-case form of southerner (native or inhabitant of the south of any region).
SOUTHERNER, noun. (US) Someone from one of the states which seceded in 1861 and briefly formed the Confederate States of America, or, more broadly, from some neighboring states as well (but excluding geographically-southerly states like Arizona); compare the South.
SOUTHERNER, noun. A native or inhabitant of the south of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as the United Kingdom.
SOUTHERNER, noun. Alternative letter-case form of Southerner (someone from one of the southeastern United States).

Dictionary definition

SOUTHERNER, noun. An American who lives in the South.

Wise words

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