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southron definition

south·ron (sut̸h′rən)

noun

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

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

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