southerner

noun/ˈsʌðərnər/

Frequency rank: #19,130 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a person who comes from or lives in the southern part of a country or region.

Illustration for the English word “southerner”

Example sentence

My colleague is a proud southerner who grew up eating grits and listening to country music.

Synonyms & related words

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