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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.
See also[edit]
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