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southron

[ suhth-ruhn ]

noun

  1. Southern U.S. southerner ( def 2 ).
  2. (usually initial capital letter) Scot. a native or inhabitant of England.


Southron

/ ˈsʌðrən /

noun

  1. a Southerner, esp an Englishman
  2. the English language as spoken in England
  3. dialect.
    an inhabitant of the South, esp at the time of the Civil War
“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


adjective

  1. of or relating to the South or to England
“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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of southron1

1425–75; late Middle English; earlier southren (variant of southern ), modeled on Saxon, Briton, etc.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of southron1

C15: Scottish variant of Southern
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Example Sentences

At first Warren smiled, then he swore, as only a chivalrous Southron can!

Not a Doomsman set out upon his long journey to the shadowland but that a Southron was forced to bear him company.

The warders at Berwick no longer look out from the castle walls to descry the glitter of Southron spears.

I seem now to see the glaring eyes of one indignant southron as he scowled upon the proceedings with the intensest malignity.

Yet Mr Barrie, in spite of a dialect not easy to the Southron, contrived to touch a more intimate and more responsive chord.

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