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Definition of Sassenach
1. Noun. The Scots' term for an English person.
Definition of Sassenach
1. n. A Saxon; an Englishman; a Lowlander.
Definition of Sassenach
1. Noun. (alternative form of sassenach) ¹
2. Noun. (Scotland pejorative) An English person. ¹
3. Noun. (Scotland pejorative) A Lowland Scot. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sassenach
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Literary usage of Sassenach
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ireland and the Making of Britain by Benedict Fitzpatrick (1921)
"CHAPTER XIII IRISH PRINCIPALITY IN WALES I. Gael and sassenach in Britain. 2.
... GAEL AND sassenach IN BRITAIN WHILE Irishmen in North Britain were bending ..."
2. Ireland and the Making of Britain by Benedict Fitzpatrick (1921)
"Gael and sassenach in Britain. 2. Irish Clans in Britain. 3. Irish Military
Expeditions Abroad. 4. Irish Kings in Britain. 5. Wales Medieval Irish Colony. ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"THK CHIEF ; OR, THE GAEL AND THE sassenach, IN THE REIGN OF GEORGE IT. A CARICATURE.
CHAPTER V. WHEN the M'Goul reached the pier of Leith, ..."
4. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"The sassenach screamed, and the sassenach danced ; He shrieked in his ...
One morning the fidgety sassenach swore He'd stand it no longer—he drew his ..."
5. The Musical World (1868)
"But there ii no fortune, however good, without its drawback, and, unhappily, we
had a third person in company, a sassenach destitute of the faintest ..."
6. Ireland and the Making of Britain by Benedict Fitzpatrick (1921)
"CHAPTER XIII IRISH PRINCIPALITY IN WALES I. Gael and sassenach in Britain. 2.
... GAEL AND sassenach IN BRITAIN WHILE Irishmen in North Britain were bending ..."
7. Ireland and the Making of Britain by Benedict Fitzpatrick (1921)
"Gael and sassenach in Britain. 2. Irish Clans in Britain. 3. Irish Military
Expeditions Abroad. 4. Irish Kings in Britain. 5. Wales Medieval Irish Colony. ..."
8. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"THK CHIEF ; OR, THE GAEL AND THE sassenach, IN THE REIGN OF GEORGE IT. A CARICATURE.
CHAPTER V. WHEN the M'Goul reached the pier of Leith, ..."
9. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"The sassenach screamed, and the sassenach danced ; He shrieked in his ...
One morning the fidgety sassenach swore He'd stand it no longer—he drew his ..."
10. The Musical World (1868)
"But there ii no fortune, however good, without its drawback, and, unhappily, we
had a third person in company, a sassenach destitute of the faintest ..."
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