southerner
noun
a native or inhabitant of the south.
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Southerner
Southernernoun(sometimes not capital) a native or inhabitant of the south of any specified region, esp the South of England or the Southern states of the US
southerner
American
[suhth-er-ner]
/ ˈsʌð ər nər /
noun
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a native or inhabitant of the south.
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(initial capital letter) a native or inhabitant of the southern U.S.
Southerner
British
/ ˈsʌðənə /
noun
Etymology
Origin of southerner
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The mustached southerner, yachting enthusiast and philanthropist, whose empire also included sports clubs, had been suffering from the degenerative disease Lewy Body Dementia.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
A native southerner, Chelsey graduated from the University of North Carolina in 2014.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
He channels a southerner named Wade who raises horses and says, “You can always tell when a horse is being pumped full of testosterone — steroids doesn’t make the horse think any better.”
From New York Times ● May 8, 2024
Far from the border, other cities - including Chicago and New York - have reported that they are struggling to cope with the large numbers of migrants travelling up from the southerner border.
From BBC ● May 11, 2023
A true southerner, she never felt safe in the city, despite living here since I was born.
From "Monday's Not Coming" by Tiffany D. Jackson
Covering not just movies and television but also theater and cabaret, Reed, a Southerner who seemed as much a part of Manhattan as the skyline, lorded over the arts with a homogenizing mainstream peremptoriness.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
He could come across as a Californian, a Texan, or a Southerner, though he also trained on the New York stage and had no difficulty portraying a New York network executive in “Network.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
“History has placed us all, Northerner and Southerner, black and white, within a common border and under a common law,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
Reflecting on what it means to be a white Southerner today, Miriam drew from these experiences living under the region’s long shadow of segregation.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2025
“Knows the law inside and out, and he’s a Southerner born and bred.”
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
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