Word family noun south southerner adjective south southerly southern southbound southernmost adverb south southward(s) southbound
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsouthernersouth‧ern‧er, Southerner /ˈsʌðənə $ -ərnər/ noun [countable] SANsomeone from the southern part of a countryExamples from the Corpus
southerner• His minstrel songs led many people to insist he must be a southerner.• As a buoyed-up Blues strode towards their first championship in four years Martin Bayly, another southerner, joined the ranks.• She always made Jack feel inadequate - a soft southerner in this hard north-eastern territory.• A tall, fast-talking southerner whose accent still lingers despite her years in the north, Porter does not suffer fools gladly. 