southron

American  

[suhth-ruhn] / ˈsʌð rən /

noun

1. Southern U.S. southerner.

2. (usually initial capital letter) a native or inhabitant of England.

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Southron British  

/ 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

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adjective

1. of or relating to the South or to England

Etymology

Origin of southron

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

Example Sentences

The wolves had taken to sitting on one side of the trench, the knights and southron lords upon the other.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Or perhaps they just hate to waste good southron wine.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Huddled beneath her ermine mantle and surrounded by her ladies, serving girls, and knights, the southron queen seemed a frail, pale, shrunken thing.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Raisins and nuts and dried ber-ries, but no lemon, that was the rankest sort of southron heresy—which was queer, since he always took lemon in his morning beer.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Her father had oft treated with the southron lords, and not a few had been guests at Riverrun.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin