"The chief of Donald's clan could not have struck him with impunity, and for a Southron to so venture—hate entered the young Highlander's blood like a black river and filled his dreams with crimson nightmares."

—Lord of Samarcand

Southron

(ˈsʌðrən)

n

1. chiefly Scot a Southerner, esp an Englishman

2. (Languages) Scot the English language as spoken in England

3. (Historical Terms) dialect chiefly Southern US an inhabitant of the South, esp at the time of the Civil War

adj

(Placename) chiefly Scot of or relating to the South or to England

[Middle English, variant of southerne, southern; see southern.]