southron

The definition of a southron is a term for a southerner, used in Scotland to refer to the English and in the U.S. to a person from the southern U.S.

(noun)

An example of a southron is a person from Georgia.

See southron in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Archaic a southerner: applied in Scottish dialect to an Englishman and, formerly, in the U.S. to a Southerner

Origin: LME sothron, altered (prob. modeled on Briton, Saxon) < southren, dial. var. of southern

See southron in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

often Southron A person who lives in the south, especially an Englishman as called by a Scotsman.
A native or inhabitant of the American South. Used by the Confederates in the Civil War.

adjective
Scots

Southern.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , variant of southerne, southern; see Southern

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