different between english vs southron

English

Alternative forms

• English

Etymology

Origin uncertain. It is speculated to relate either to people from England introducing the technique for billiards or bowling in the United States, or perhaps from a particular person with the surname English.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???.?l??/

Noun

english (uncountable)

1. Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling.

   You can't hit it directly, but maybe if you give it some english.

   • 2005, S. Moran, Bronx Boy: Book One of The Zombie Island Trilogy (page 179)

     There was a magical way of putting English on the dice to result in a six.

2. (figuratively) An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance.

Synonyms

• (spinning motion): side, spin, sidespin

Translations

See also

• body English

References

Anagrams

• Hingles, shingle

English

Etymology

Likely from a Northumbrian alteration of earlier Old English suþern, suþærn. The switch from -ern to -ron is likely due to the influence of Old Norse rann (“place, house, home”) on Old English ærn (“home, place”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

More at southern.

Adjective

southron (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Southern.
2. (archaic, Scotland) English, from England.

Noun

southron (plural southrons)

1. (archaic) A southerner, someone from the south.
2. (archaic, Scotland) An Englishman.
3. (Scotland, uncommon) A Lowlander, a Scottish person from south of the Highlands.
4. (historical) Someone from the American South, that is, from the Confederate States of America.