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Definition of Dixie
1. Noun. The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
Generic synonyms: Geographic Area, Geographic Region, Geographical Area, Geographical Region
Terms within: Slave State
Member holonyms: Al, Alabama, Camellia State, Heart Of Dixie, Ar, Arkansas, Land Of Opportunity, Everglade State, Fl, Florida, Sunshine State, Empire State Of The South, Ga, Georgia, Peach State, La, Louisiana, Pelican State, Magnolia State, Mississippi, Ms, Missouri, Mo, Show Me State, Nc, North Carolina, Old North State, Tar Heel State, Palmetto State, Sc, South Carolina, Tennessee, Tn, Volunteer State, Lone-star State, Texas, Tx, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, Va, Virginia
Attributes: South, Southern
2. Noun. A large metal pot (12 gallon camp kettle) for cooking; used in military camps.
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
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
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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