noun
Commonly Confused
See Scotch.
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Etymology
Origin of Scotchman
Example Sentences
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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
Though only 29, McLendon refers to himself as "the old Scotchman" and, on the air, makes himself out to be a contemporary of octogenarian Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is now 46, a satisfied, successful Scotchman.
From Time Magazine Archive
The vote: Yarborough 903,211, against 671,806 for the Old Scotchman.
From Time Magazine Archive
An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotchman who had been on holidays were comparing the souvenirs they had collected.
From Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories by F. W. Chambers
Ringo follows with, “Meanwhile, high in the Swiss Alps, two elderly Scotchmen munch on a rare cheese.”
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2025
Both are Scotchmen, the one hailing from Edinburgh, and the other from Glasgow.
From Early Days in North Queensland by Edward Palmer
Suddenly one of the Scotchmen, leaving his cards to look about him, gave the talk an unexpected literary turn.
From Our Journey to the Hebrides by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
In a particular part of St. John’s, running north and south, lies a well-made broad street, which, from being inhabited principally by Scotchmen, is known by the appropriated name of “Scotch Row.”
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
Scotchmen are singing them all over this world, and, for all I know, all over other worlds; but we are getting away from our subject, which was my nephew, Donald Macrae.
From Playing With Fire by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
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