sassenach

See also: Sassenach

English

Alternative forms

Sassenach, sasanach

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Sasannach (“Saxon”).

Pronunciation

(England) IPA^(key): /ˈsæs.ə.næk/
(Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈsas.ə.nax/

Noun

sassenach (plural sassenachs)

(Scotland, derogatory) An English person.
(Scotland, derogatory) A Lowland Scot.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[[Episode 12: The Cyclops]]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare & Co.; Sylvia Beach, OCLC 560090630; republished London: Published for the Egoist Press, London by John Rodker, Paris, October 1922, OCLC 2297483:
  But the Sassenach tried to starve the nation at home while the land was full of crops that the British hyenas bought and sold in Rio de Janeiro.

Scots

Alternative forms

sassanoch, sassenagh, sasennach, sasunnach

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Sasannach (“Saxon”).

Noun

sassenach (plural sassenachs)

(derogatory) An English person.
(derogatory) A Lowland Scot.

See also

teuchter

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