southerner
Regional identity, warmer
A southerner is someone from the southern part of a region or country.
In American usage, a Southerner (usually capitalized) is someone from the states that formed the Confederacy or the broader cultural South: She's a proud Southerner who never lost her accent.
The term carries associations with regional identity, accent, and customs.
Unhurried, elongated speech pattern
- twangSharp vibrating sound
- y'allInformal plural you
- dialectRegional language variety
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
inflection · cadence · ain't · howdy · reckon · yonder · ma'am · sir
Slow-cook over coals
- gritsBoiled ground maize
- cornbreadQuick bread from maize
- biscuitsSmall, leavened quick breads
- okraEdible mucilaginous pod
catfish · hushpuppies · jambalaya · gumbo · crawfish · chitlins · cobbler · boudin
Nickname for Confederate states
- CajunLouisiana's French descendants
- CreoleFused language, stabilized
- GullahSea Islands creole language
- GeorgianOf four kings' era
Alabamian · Mississippian · Texan · Virginian · Floridian · Louisianan · Tennessean · Carolinian
Before a war's start
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- confederacyAlliance for shared purpose
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- cottonPlant fiber for textiles
bayou · jazz · blues · gospel · moonshine · magnolia · bourbon · julep
Hospitable greeting offered
- graciousnessCourteous, kind demeanor
- mannersCustoms of polite conduct
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
kindness · neighborliness · politeness · charm · gentility · warmth · generosity · ma'am
Moisture in atmosphere
- heatTransferred thermal energy
- muggyUnpleasantly warm and humid
- swelteringExtremely hot, uncomfortably so
- subtropicalClimate near the tropics
summer · thunderstorms · hurricane · cicadas · fireflies · kudzu · palmetto · azalea
drawl
Unhurried, elongated speech pattern
vernacular · inflection · cadence · ain't · howdy · reckon · yonder · ma'am · sir · honey
barbecue
Slow-cook over coals
okra · catfish · hushpuppies · jambalaya · gumbo · crawfish · chitlins · cobbler · boudin · po'boy
Dixie
Nickname for Confederate states
- CajunLouisiana's French descendants
- CreoleFused language, stabilized
- GullahSea Islands creole language
Georgian · Alabamian · Mississippian · Texan · Virginian · Floridian · Louisianan · Tennessean · Carolinian · Kentuckian
antebellum
Before a war's start
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- confederacyAlliance for shared purpose
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
cotton · bayou · jazz · blues · gospel · moonshine · magnolia · bourbon · julep · debutante
welcome
Hospitable greeting offered
- graciousnessCourteous, kind demeanor
- mannersCustoms of polite conduct
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
courtesy · kindness · neighborliness · politeness · charm · gentility · warmth · generosity · ma'am · sir
humidity
Moisture in atmosphere
- heatTransferred thermal energy
- muggyUnpleasantly warm and humid
- swelteringExtremely hot, uncomfortably so
subtropical · summer · thunderstorms · hurricane · cicadas · fireflies · kudzu · palmetto · azalea · dogwood
- residentsresident, residents, inhabitants, inhabitant, local
- IndiansIndian, desi, Indian American, first generation, second generation
southernernortherner
Upper region inhabitant
Yankee · damn Yankee · New Englander · Union soldier · Midwesterner
- Southern OceanSea around Antarctica
- Southern rockBlues-meets-country guitar genre
- southern drawlLeisurely stretched regional accent
- southern foodCuisine from Dixie states
- Southern cookingRegional American culinary tradition
- Southern accentRegional speech pattern, American South