Definition of Dixie

1. Noun. The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.


2. Noun. A large metal pot (12 gallon camp kettle) for cooking; used in military camps.

Definition of Dixie

1. n. A colloquial name for the Southern portion of the United States, esp. during the Civil War.

Definition of Dixie

1. Proper noun. (informal) The southern United States; the South. ¹

2. Proper noun. (American English) (place names female given name) transferred from the place name. ¹

3. Noun. (military) A large iron pot, used in the army. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dixie

1. a camp-kettle [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dixie

divvied
divvies
divvy
divvy duck
divvy up
divvy van
divvy vans
divvying
diwan
diwaniya
diwaniyas
diwans
dixanthogen
dixenite
dixi
dixie (current term)
dixies
dixit
dixits
dixy
dixyrazine
diylidene
diyne
diynes
diz
dizain
dizains
dize
dizen
dizened

Literary usage of Dixie

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1910)
"dixie By DAN D. EMMETT [The origin of the name is still in doubt. ... Second, that a New Jersey farmer, named dixie, employed negro labor on his estate ..."

2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"dixie Land ! They've the men to do the fighting— There's no use in ... dixie Land ! To live and die in dixie ! Away ! away ! away down South in dixie ! ..."

3. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"dixie SOUTHRONS, hear your country call you I Up. lest worse than death befall you! ... And conquer peace for dixie! Hear the Northern thunders mutter! ..."

4. The Photographic History of the Civil War ...: Thousands of Scenes by Francis Trevelyan Miller, Robert Sampson Lanier (1911)
"To arms, in dixie! I/>! all the beacon-fires are lighted. ... Vor dixie's land we take our stand, And live or die for dixie! To arms ! To arms ! ..."

5. A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present by Arthur Stedman, Edmund Clarence Stedman (1894)
"To arms, in dixie! Lo! all the beacon-fires are lighted— Let all hearts be now united 1 ... For dixie's land we take our stand, And live or die for dixie! ..."

6. Southern Literature from 1579-1895: A Comprehensive Review, with Copious by Louise Manly (1895)
"dixie. I. I wish I wuz in de land ob cotton, Ole times dar am not forgotten ... Den I wish I were in dixie, hooray! hooray! In dixie land I'll took my stand ..."

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