(transitive) To make southern in character. / (intransitive) To become southern in character.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of southernize

simple past tense and past participle of southernize

Of, facing, situated in, or related to the south. / Of or pertaining to a southern region, especially Southern Europe or the southern United States. / Of a wind: blowing from the south; southerly.

Synonym of southerner

(not in US) from or pertaining to the southern part of any region

A surname. / Ellipsis of Southern Comfort.

Alternative letter-case form of southerner (native or inhabitant of the south of any region). / (US) A resident of the American South, often specifically a white resident of the American South.

A native or inhabitant of the south of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as the United Kingdom.

plural of southerner