Definition of deep south in English English dictionary
a descriptive category of cultural and geographic subregions in the American South
The Deep South consists of the states that are furthest south in the United States. A region of the southeast United States, usually comprising the states of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina. the Deep South the most southern states of the US
the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery