Of or pertaining to the south, or a region, place, or point which is nearer the south than some other region, place, or point indicated; situated in the south; specifically, in the United States, belonging to those States or that part of the Union called the South (see south, n., 3). Abbreviated S.Directed or leading toward the south or a point near it: as, to steer a southern course.Coming from the south; southerly: as, a southern breeze.n. A native or an inhabitant of the south, of a southern country, or of the southern part of a country. Compare southron.Same as south, 1, or souther.