English

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Etymology

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From north + Briton, after North Britain.

Noun

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North Briton (plural North Britons)

  1. (now historical) Someone from Scotland; a Scot. [from 18th c.]
    • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle [], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., [], →OCLC:
      About Christmas we set out for England, accompanied by a little North Briton, who lived with lord B— as his companion, and did not at all approve of our correspondence [] .