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  southron

  noun

  southerner.
• Southron
  Southron

  noun

  a Southerner, esp an Englishman

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 Wall offered few of the comforts that southron ladies and little highborn girls were used to, and the Nightfort offered none.

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

On three sides the pavilions of the southron lordlings who had come north with Stannis surrounded it.

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

Across the fire trench, the southron lords sat silent on the benches.

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

He was a veteran of a hundred rangings by now, and the endless dark wilderness that the southron called the haunted forest had no more tenors for him.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

"Cat," her brother said, "some say you killed Renly. Others claim it was some southron woman."

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