southern : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: southern	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for southern
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
southern adj in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line; "southern hospitality"; "southern cooking"; "southern plantations" Antonym(s): northern situated in or oriented toward the south; "a southern exposure"; "took a southerly course" Synonym(s): southerly, southern situated in or coming from regions of the south; "the southern hemisphere"; "southern constellations" Antonym(s): northern from the south; used especially of wind; "a hot southerly wind"; "southern breezes"; "the winds are southerly" Synonym(s): southerly, southern
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Southern \South"ern\, n. A Southerner. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Southern \South"ern\ (?; 277), a. [AS. s[?][?]ern. See {South}.] Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south. {Southern Cross} (Astron.), a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross. {Southern Fish} (Astron.), a constelation of the southern hemisphere ({Piscis Australis}) containing the bright star Fomalhaut. {Southern States} (U.S. Hist. & Geog.), the States of the American Union lying south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, with Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Before the Civil War, Missouri also, being a slave State, was classed as one of the Southern States.