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Sassenach
[ sas-uh-nuhkh, -nak ]
noun
- a term used by the Gaelic inhabitants of the British Isles to refer to the English inhabitants.
Sassenach
/ ˈsæsəˌnæk; -næx /
noun
- an English person or a Lowland Scot
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Sassenach1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Sassenach1
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Example Sentences
Wallace suffered many things during his life, but it was not a Sassenach who did this.
A thief was one who stole a cow from a poor cotter, but he who lifted a drove from a Sassenach laird was "a gentleman drover."
Sassenach, sas′e-nah, n. a Saxon: an Englishman: a Lowlander.
Then gang and tell your mammy, my man, there's twa Sassenach gentlemen come to speak wi' her.
To this day the monarch's words are true; one end of Nairn is Gaelic, the other Sassenach.
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