"Southern belle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Southern belles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Southern belle (plural Southern belles)
  1. (US) A beautiful, archetypal (especially upper class) white woman of the Southern United States. Wikipedia link: Southern belle Tags: US Categories (topical): People, Stock characters Synonyms: southern belle Translations (American female archetype): belle de Sud [feminine] (French), Südstaatenschönheit (German), belleza sureña [feminine] (Spanish)

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