southerner

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Deer Hunting with Jesus reminds us that the single defining virtue of a southerner, and the standard by which other cultures are judged, is this commitment to hard work.

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  1. noun A native or inhabitant of the south, especially the southern United States.

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  • If they are looking for a recalcitrant southerner, they have found one Grant was competent. —  F ;SF; - vol 088 issue 04 - April 1995
  • A traveler some years later remarked that “the darkest side of the southerner is his quarrelsomeness, and recklessness of human life.” Men fought duels over the smallest slight, real or imagined. —  Three Roads to Alamo
  • The hospitable, lounging, buzzing character of the southerner is entirely consonant with the cosmopolitanism of the stage, and that easy “hang-up-your-hatativeness,” which is the rule and the demand in Thespianship. —  THE LIFE, CRIME, AND CAPTURE OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH
  • Deer Hunting with Jesus reminds us that the single defining virtue of a southerner, and the standard by which other cultures are judged, is this commitment to hard work. —  CounterPunch
  • As a southerner, I am concerned about some of the things written here. —  the Dry Bones Blog
 

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/ˈsuðərnər/
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