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Definition of Southron

1. n. An inhabitant of the more southern part of a country; formerly, a name given in Scotland to any Englishman.

Definition of Southron

1. Adjective. (archaic) southern ¹

2. Adjective. (archaic Scotland) English, from England ¹

3. Noun. (archaic) southerner, someone from the south ¹

4. Noun. (archaic Scotland) Englishman ¹

5. Noun. (history) During the American Civil War, someone from American South. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Southron

1. a southern [n -S] - See also: southern

Lexicographical Neighbors of Southron

Literary usage of Southron

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

1. The Scottish chiefs. Revised by Jane Porter (1862)
"I wooed you as a knight, I will win you as a king : and on the day when no hostile southron breathes in Scotland, I will demand my sweetest reward, ..."

2. Fraser's Magazine by Robert Louis Stevenson (1861)
"THE FAUSE southron. A YE, go with the summer "^- That's leaving our dells, With thy smile and thy jest, And thy lightsome farewells. ..."

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