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
Yet he stood firm and loud in his defiance and the wind of multi-party change sweeping across Africa became a reality for President Biya, a southerner who had been in power since 1982.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2023
Senate, learned this in 2002 after making a toast at a one hundredth birthday party for Strom Thurmond, his fellow senator and fellow southerner.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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
Flamboyant, fast-talking Southerner Georgia stands out among the fussy, provincial New England set.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025
“As a young woman, I remember being very proud as a Southerner when he was elected,” said Goss, 70, who grew up on a family farm in North Carolina.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025
“And in the 1940s, before we got into it, what made every Southerner read his newspaper and listen to newscasts with a special kind of horror? Tribal feelin’, honey, at the bottom of it.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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