"sassenach" meaning in Scots

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Noun

Forms: sassenachs [plural], sassanoch [alternative], sassenagh [alternative], sasennach [alternative], sasunnach [alternative]
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Sasannach (“Saxon”). Etymology templates: {{root|sco|ine-pro|*sek-}}, {{bor|sco|gd|Sasannach||Saxon}} Scottish Gaelic Sasannach (“Saxon”) Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|sassenachs|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} sassenach (plural sassenachs), {{sco-noun|s}} sassenach (plural sassenachs)
  1. (derogatory) An English person. Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-sassenach-sco-noun-uOLIEkV6
  2. (derogatory) A Lowland Scot. Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-sassenach-sco-noun-mtpx-DRO Categories (other): Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 32 4 31 Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: teuchter

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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