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OLD SOUTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Old South mean? 

OLD SOUTH (noun)
  The noun OLD SOUTH has 1 sense:

1. the South of the United States before the American Civil Warplay

  Familiarity information: OLD SOUTH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OLD SOUTH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The South of the United States before the American Civil War

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

South (the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line)


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