Scots-Irish
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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What angered Scots-Irish Americans most was elite condescension, which aroused the populist uprising that put Jackson in the White House.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Speaking on the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme, Prof Angelia Wilson of the University of Manchester said Vance has used his Scots-Irish heritage to craft his image.
From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025
When immigrants, who were largely German and Scots-Irish, later settled in the region, they too began to grow corn.
From Salon • Aug. 24, 2022
A 2013 report from NPR found the term was used as an insult as far back as the 17th Century and was later used to refer to Scots-Irish immigrants settling in the Southern U.S.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2022
His parents were Scots-Irish immigrants who had arrived in America two years earlier.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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