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

Whilst the southron knights and lordlings struggled, the men of the northern hills fared better.

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

Their marriage was the mortar that held the great southron alliance together, Catelyn knew.

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

"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

The southron knights rode out in plate and mail, dinted and scarred by the battles they had fought, but still bright enough to glitter when they caught the rising sun.

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