South"ern , n. A Southerner. [R.]
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.
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