Scots-Irish
Americannoun
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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
The terms Scots-Irish, Scotch-Irish and Ulster-Scots relate to people who left Scotland, settled as part of the Ulster plantation and then moved on to North America.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
Some linguists trace it back to the Scots-Irish phrase "ye aw"; others suggest an African American origin, perhaps from the Igbo word for "you" brought over by Nigerian-born enslaved people.
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 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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