noun
Commonly Confused
See Scotch.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Scotchman
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
The vote: Yarborough 903,211, against 671,806 for the Old Scotchman.
From Time Magazine Archive
The towheaded young Scotchman, alert and hardworking, made his way among them.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is now 46, a satisfied, successful Scotchman.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was only 100 years ago that a Scotchman named Mackintosh dissolved rubber in naptha and perpetuated his name in an overcoat.
From Time Magazine Archive
I always loved books," she adds, "and was fortunate, when a very young girl, barely out of the schoolroom, in winning the favour of a dear old blind Scotchman, whose wife was a family friend.
From Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches by Helen C. Black
Ringo follows with, “Meanwhile, high in the Swiss Alps, two elderly Scotchmen munch on a rare cheese.”
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2025
The Seventy-ninth, Highlanders, came to town early last week, and are the finest body of Scotchmen that were ever half kilt by uniform alone.
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 by R. H. (Robert Henry) Newell
The loyal Scotchmen love Scotland before they love the British Empire.
From The Women of the Confederacy by J. L. Underwood
The original company was formed in 1810, and, according to Mr. Washington Irving, consisted of Mr. Astor himself, three Scotchmen, who were British subjects, and one native citizen of the United States.
From The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery by Travers Twiss
Rointru is also a French name, perhaps a relic of the many Scotchmen who have at different times taken refuge in that country, though possibly of older origin.
From Surnames as a Science by Robert Ferguson
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
