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SOUTHERNER
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Irregular inflected form: southerner
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An American who lives in the South
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Southerner" is a kind of...):
American (a native or inhabitant of the United States)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Southerner"):
Confederate (a supporter of the Confederate States of America)
good ol' boy; good old boy; good ole boy (a white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer group)
Holonyms ("Southerner" is a member of...):
South (the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line)