Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A native or inhabitant of the south, especially the southern United States.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An inhabitant or a native of the south; a southern or southron; specifically, an inhabitant of the southern United States.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An inhabitant or native of the south, esp. of the Southern States of North America; opposed to
Northerner .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A native or inhabitant of the
south of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as theUnited Kingdom . - noun Alternative capitalization of
Southerner (someone from one of the southeastern United States).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an American who lives in the South
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Examples
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Instead spoke about states right, which was, as you well know as a southerner, a code word for what a lot of people believe to be racism.
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I have lived all over this great country and the true test of an authentic southerner is how he (she) phrases the above mentioned conflict, civil war, (northern term) war between the states (Midwesterner), war of northern aggression (true southern child).
The James Rifle 2009
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I have lived all over this great country and the true test of an authentic southerner is how he (she) phrases the above mentioned conflict, civil war, (northern term) war between the states (Midwesterner), war of northern aggression (true southern child).
The James Rifle 2009
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Perhaps Ray Marshall's days as a kid football player may help explain why this quiet southerner is holding his own in Washington.
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Jonathan is a southerner, meaning that should he take over if the president leaves office as the constitution states, he would be under pressure not to stand in 2011 presidential elections.
News24 Top Stories 2010
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Evidently drawing great amusement out of the fact that the rest of universe sees that Clinton goes all "southerner" but only when she walks out on stage in front of black audiences
unknown title 2009
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Evidently drawing great amusement out of the fact that the rest of universe sees that Clinton goes all "southerner" but only when she walks out on stage in front of black audiences
unknown title 2009
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"The Gineral was takin 'a ride with a southerner one day over his farm to Bangor in Maine, to see his crops, fixin mill privileges and what not, and the southerner was a turning up his nose at every thing amost, proper scorney, and braggin' how things growed on his estate down south.
The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Volume 02 Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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"The Gineral was takin 'a ride with a southerner one day over his farm to Bangor in Maine, to see his crops, fixin mill privileges and what not, and the southerner was a turning up his nose at every thing amost, proper scorney, and braggin' how things growed on his estate down south.
The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Complete Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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As a lifelong southerner, what part of the Civil War am I suppose to be celebrating???
Virginia governor declares April as Confederate History Month 2010
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