Old South

American  

noun

1. the U.S. South before the Civil War.

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Old South British  

noun

1. the American South before the Civil War

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Example Sentences

Most Californians are unaware of exactly how the greater L.A. region wound up with a nickname more commonly associated with the Old South.

From Los Angeles Times

The group runs the Old State House and Old South Meeting House, which played central roles in the revolution.

From Seattle Times

“It’s messy, because democracy’s messy,” said Nathaniel Sheidley, the president and chief executive of Revolutionary Spaces, which operates the Old South Meeting House and the Old State House in Boston.

From New York Times

Numerous churches in the U.S. canceled in-person services, including Washington National Cathedral in the nation’s capital and historic Old South Church in Boston.

From Washington Times

If there are any wisps of nostalgia still clinging to antebellum life, any presumptions of honor still adhering to the Old South, they are burned away by the torch of Jeffers’s prose.

From Washington Post