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Word Meanings - SOUTHERNER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An inhabitant or native of the south, esp. of the Southern States of North America; opposed to Northerner.

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  • SOUTHWEST
    Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind.
  • SOUTHSAY
    See SOOTHSAY
  • STATESMANLIKE
    Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
  • SOUTHWESTERLY
    To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a southwesterly wind.
  • SOUTHPAW
    A pitcher who pitches with the left hand.
  • OPPOSABILITY
    The condition or quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace.
  • NORTHERNMOST
    Farthest north.
  • SOUTHERNLINESS
    Southerliness.
  • SOUTHREN
    Southern. "I am a Southren man." Chaucer.
  • AMERICANIZATION
    The process of Americanizing.
  • NORTHERN
    1. Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west. 2. In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind. Northern diver. See Loon. --
  • NORTHMAN
    One of the inhabitants of the north of Europe; esp., one of the ancient Scandinavians; a Norseman.
  • OPPOSITIONIST
    One who belongs to the opposition party. Praed.
  • OPPOSITE
    1. One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist. The opposites of this day's strife. Shak. 2. That which is opposed or contrary; as, sweetness and its opposite. The virtuous man meets with more opposites and opponents than any other. Landor.
  • NORTHMOST
    Lying farthest north; northernmost. Northmost part of the coast of Mozambique. De Foe.
  • NORTHEAST
    Of or pertaining to the northeast; proceeding toward the northeast, or coming from that point; as, a northeast course; a northeast wind. Northeast passage, a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north
  • OPPOSITIVE
    Capable of being put in opposition. Bp. Hall.
  • OPPOSELESS
    Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. "Your great opposeless wills." Shak.
  • AMERICAN
    1. Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians. 2. Of or pertaining to the United States. "A young officer of the American navy." Lyell. American ivy. See Virginia creeper. -- American Party , a party, about 1854,
  • AMERICANISM
    1. Attachment to the United States. 2. A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea. 3. A word or phrase peculiar to the United States.
  • ELIMINATIVE
    Relating to, or carrying on, elimination.
  • NOMINATIVELY
    In the manner of a nominative; as a nominative.
  • EMANATIVE
    Issuing forth; effluent.
  • DOMINATIVE
    Governing; ruling; imperious. Sir E. Sandys.
  • REGNATIVE
    Ruling; governing.
  • COORDINATIVE
    Expressing coördination. J. W. Gibbs.
  • DENOMINATIVE
    Connotative; as, a denominative name. 3. Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable. The least denominative part of time is a minute. Cocker. (more info) 1. Conferring a denomination or name.

 

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