southerner

American  

[suhth-er-ner] / ˈsʌð ər nər /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of the south.

2. (initial capital letter) a native or inhabitant of the southern U.S.

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Southerner British  

/ ˈsʌðənə /

noun

1. (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

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Etymology

Origin of southerner

First recorded in 1820–30; southern + -er ¹

Example Sentences

The eventual winner of best picture, Driving Miss Daisy, about a Jewish Southerner and her Black driver, offered Lee an unwelcome sense of déjà vu in 2019, when Green Book, about a Black pianist who must be accompanied on a tour with a white driver, beat his own BlacKkKlansman.

From The Wall Street Journal

It spoke to me as a writer, as a Southerner and as a Black person,” he said in an email.

From Los Angeles Times

And being from Louisiana and being a Southerner, and having people get that wrong so much, I didn’t want to offend the people of Pittsburgh, and I thought I would try it, and it went actually quite terribly.

From Los Angeles Times

As Walter, 38, from Clarksdale, Mississippi, told us, “It’s a complicated time to be a white Southerner.”

From Salon

Reflecting on these episodes, Kenneth believes he has an obligation as a white Southerner to become more informed about “the legacy of racism in the South and the impact that it still has today.”

From Salon