southron

[ suhth-ruhn ]

noun

1. Southern U.S. southerner ( def 2 ).
2. (usually initial capital letter) Scot. a native or inhabitant of England.

Southron

/ 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

adjective

1. of or relating to the South or to England

Word History and Origins

Origin of southron¹

1425–75; late Middle English; earlier southren (variant of southern ), modeled on Saxon, Briton, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of southron¹

C15: Scottish variant of Southern

Example Sentences

At first Warren smiled, then he swore, as only a chivalrous Southron can!

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Not a Doomsman set out upon his long journey to the shadowland but that a Southron was forced to bear him company.

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The warders at Berwick no longer look out from the castle walls to descry the glitter of Southron spears.

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I seem now to see the glaring eyes of one indignant southron as he scowled upon the proceedings with the intensest malignity.

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Yet Mr Barrie, in spite of a dialect not easy to the Southron, contrived to touch a more intimate and more responsive chord.

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