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southerner

noun

Meaning

  1. Someone from one of the states which seceded in 1861 and briefly formed the Confederate States of America, or, more broadly, from some neighboring states as well (but excluding geographically-southerly states like Arizona); compare the South.
  2. A native or inhabitant of the south of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as the United Kingdom.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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