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Sassenach

American

[sas-uh-nuhkh, -nak] / ˈsæs ə nəx, -næk /

noun

Often Disparaging.

a term used by the Gaelic inhabitants of the British Isles to refer to the English inhabitants.

Sassenach British

/ ˈsæsəˌnæk, -næx /

noun

an English person or a Lowland Scot

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Etymology

Origin of Sassenach

1765–75; < Scots Gaelic Sasunnach, Irish Sasanach English, English person, Protestant, Middle Irish Saxanach, derivative of Saxain, Sagsuin, Sachsain the Saxons, England ≪ Late Latin Saxonēs; see Saxon

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