Southerner
noun
South·ern·er
ˈsə-t͟hər-nər 
ˈsə-t͟hə-nər
: a native or inhabitant of the South
especially
: a native or resident of the southern part of the U.S.
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Spalding, on the other hand, helped organize the Jackson County Pro-Slavery Pioneer Association to attract Southerners interested in making Kansas a slave state.
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Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2024
As these 20 stand-outs show, Southerners go above and beyond to take care of one another.
—Carolanne Griffith Roberts, Southern Living, 22 May 2024
For example, this could affect Southerners On New Ground, which bails out Black mothers and caregivers on Mother's Day or groups like the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, which bails out protesters who have been arrested during demonstrations.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 1 May 2024
Southerners know the true horror of a beautiful summer afternoon ruined by a swarm of mosquitoes.
—Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2024
Another dinner guest, the Southerner Cameron Thom, was wounded at Gettysburg but returned to L.A. to become its 16th mayor.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
As any Southerner knows, there's no telling what the weather will deal out that day!
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2024
The cartoonish Southerner can feel like the product of a closed conversation between outsiders, people whose claim to the region is summers spent under weeping willows in the well-to-do parts of Charleston, S.C.
—New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Philip Roth used to say that listening to Dodgers games as a boy, with the eloquent Southerner Red Barber narrating the adventures of the Brooklyn Bums, taught him more about the power of point of view than any English class did.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2024
As these 20 stand-outs show, Southerners go above and beyond to take care of one another.
—Carolanne Griffith Roberts, Southern Living, 22 May 2024
For example, this could affect Southerners On New Ground, which bails out Black mothers and caregivers on Mother's Day or groups like the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, which bails out protesters who have been arrested during demonstrations.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 1 May 2024
Southerners know the true horror of a beautiful summer afternoon ruined by a swarm of mosquitoes.
—Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2024
Another dinner guest, the Southerner Cameron Thom, was wounded at Gettysburg but returned to L.A. to become its 16th mayor.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
As any Southerner knows, there's no telling what the weather will deal out that day!
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2024
The cartoonish Southerner can feel like the product of a closed conversation between outsiders, people whose claim to the region is summers spent under weeping willows in the well-to-do parts of Charleston, S.C.
—New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Philip Roth used to say that listening to Dodgers games as a boy, with the eloquent Southerner Red Barber narrating the adventures of the Brooklyn Bums, taught him more about the power of point of view than any English class did.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
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Southerner
noun
South·ern·er
ˈsət͟h-ə(r)-nər
: a person born or living in the South (as of the U.S.)
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