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southerner

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south·ern·er also South·ern·er  (sr-nr)
n.
A native or inhabitant of the south, especially the southern United States.
Southerner
Noun
a person from the south of a country or area, esp. England or the US
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Noun1.southernerSoutherner - an American who lives in the South  
South - the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
American - a native or inhabitant of the United States
Confederate - a supporter of the Confederate States of America
good ol' boy, good old boy, good ole boy - a white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer group


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The other, the East king, the king of blood-red sunrises, I represent to myself as a spare Southerner with clear-cut features, black-browed and dark-eyed, gray-robed, upright in sunshine, resting a smooth-shaven cheek in the palm of his hand, impenetrable, secret, full of wiles, fine-drawn, keen - meditating aggressions.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
As he grew to such manhood as is attainable by a Southerner who does not care which way elections go the attachment between him and his beautiful mother--whom from early childhood he had called Katy--became yearly stronger and more tender.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
I've seen a Southerner on being introduced to the King of England hand that monarch, without batting his eyes, the information that his grandaunt on his mother's side was related by marriage to the Perkinses, of Charleston.
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
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