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

southerns
southernwood
southernwoods
southers
southing
southings
southland
southlands
southly
southness
southnesses
southpaw
southpaws
southren
southron (current term)
southrons
souths
southsaid
southsay
southsayer
southsayers
southsaying
southsays
southside
southward
southwardly
southwards
southwest
southwest by south

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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