sassenach
See also: Sassenach
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Scottish Gaelic Sasannach (“Saxon”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sassenach (plural sassenachs)
- (Scotland, derogatory) An English person.
- (Scotland, derogatory) A Lowland Scot.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: The Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
- But the Sassenach tried to starve the nation at home while the land was full of crops that the British hyenas bought and sold in Rio de Janeiro.
Translations edit
Lowland Scot
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Scots edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Scottish Gaelic Sasannach (“Saxon”).
Noun edit
sassenach (plural sassenachs)
- (derogatory) An English person.
- (derogatory) A Lowland Scot.