southron
Americannoun
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a Southerner, esp an Englishman
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the English language as spoken in England
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dialect an inhabitant of the South, esp at the time of the Civil War
adjective
Etymology
Origin of southron
1425–75; late Middle English; earlier southren (variant of southern ), modeled on Saxon, Briton, etc.
Example Sentences
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"He will break himself on Moat Cailin, as every southron army has done for ten thousand years. We hold the north now, ser."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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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
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"Remind me not to linger here. Last I looked, I was southron myself."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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Or perhaps they just hate to waste good southron wine.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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The wars lasted hundreds of years, but in the end the six southron kingdoms all fell before them.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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