[f. SOUTHERN a.]
1. An inhabitant or native of the south, or of the southern part of any country; freq., a native of southern England.
1833. Newman, Lett. (1891), I. 394. I have letters of introduction to Messina, Catania…. Have I told you of the inconsistencies of these Southerners?
1886. Kington Oliphant, New English, I. ii. 74, note. The Southerner, on entering Leeds, still reads the old Northern names of Kirkgate and Briggate on two great thoroughfares.
2. One belonging to the southern States of America.
1836. Haliburton, Clockm., Ser. I. xiii. There’s so many rich southerners and strangers there that have more money than wit.
1862. J. Spence, Amer. Union, 261. From his youth, the Southerner is habituated to command others.
1875. N. Amer. Rev., CXX. 65. The Southerners had every guaranty they could desire that they should not be interfered with at home.
