Meaning

2 senses
  1. (US)A resident of the American South, often specifically a white resident of the American South.

    an American who lives in the South

  2. (US, historical)Synonym of Confederate: a citizen of the Confederate States of America.

    Südstaatler, Südstaatlerin

Examples

6 sentences
  1. I'm not a southerner.

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  2. Southerners didn't like people from the North.

    ruЮжане не любили людей с севера.

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  3. American southerners speak in a drawling voice.

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  4. He spoke with a softness characteristic of southerners.

    deEr sprach mit einer, für Südländer charakteristischen, Sanftheit.

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  5. Beijingers speak Mandarin with a roll in the tongue that no Southerner could ever utter.

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Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
someone from the area that once formed the CSA:

Forms

plural: Southerners
SingularSoutherner
PluralSoutherners

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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