southron

Meanings

Adjective

• Southern.
• English, from England.

Noun

• A southerner, someone from the south.
• An Englishman.
• A Lowlander, a Scottish person from south of the Highlands.
• Someone from the American South, that is, from the Confederate States of America.

Origin

• Likely from a Northumbrian alteration of earlier Old English suþern, suþærn. The switch from -ern to -ron is likely due to the influence of Old Norse rann ("place, house, home") on Old English ærn ("home, place").
• More at southern.