Southerner
noun
South·ern·er
ˈsə-t͟hər-nər 
ˈsə-t͟hə-nər
: a native or inhabitant of the South
especially
: a native or resident of the southern part of the U.S.
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Food is an integral part of life in the South, especially when Southerners get together, from barbecues to potlucks to tailgates to Sunday suppers and Easter feasts—basically any of our gatherings.
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Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2024
And more Southerners are getting to know Wawa as stores open in Alabama and break ground in other Southern states.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2024
The Black Panther Party in the late 1960s organized Puerto Rican radicals and Confederate flag-waving white Southerner transplants to help tackle poverty and discrimination in Chicago — an effort that drew attention from the FBI.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
Woman in the Woods Holly Haworth | The Bitter Southerner | September 8, 2024 | 2,884 words
Amid a scene of spring flowers, amid vibrant color and promise, a woman lays dead of blunt force trauma.
—Longreads, 27 Sep. 2024
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Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2024
And more Southerners are getting to know Wawa as stores open in Alabama and break ground in other Southern states.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2024
The Black Panther Party in the late 1960s organized Puerto Rican radicals and Confederate flag-waving white Southerner transplants to help tackle poverty and discrimination in Chicago — an effort that drew attention from the FBI.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
Woman in the Woods Holly Haworth | The Bitter Southerner | September 8, 2024 | 2,884 words
Amid a scene of spring flowers, amid vibrant color and promise, a woman lays dead of blunt force trauma.
—Longreads, 27 Sep. 2024
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Southerner
noun
South·ern·er
ˈsət͟h-ə(r)-nər
: a person born or living in the South (as of the U.S.)
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