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Sassenach

[ sas-uh-nuhkh, -nak ]

noun

Often Disparaging.
  1. a term used by the Gaelic inhabitants of the British Isles to refer to the English inhabitants.


Sassenach

/ ˈsæsəˌnæk; -næx /

noun

  1. an English person or a Lowland Scot
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of Sassenach1

1765–75; < Scots Gaelic Sasunnach, Irish Sasanach English, English person, Protestant, Middle Irish Saxanach, derivative of Saxain, Sagsuin, Sachsain the Saxons, England ≪ Late Latin ³§²¹³æ´Ç²Ôŧ²õ; Saxon
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of Sassenach1

C18: from Scot Gaelic Sasunnach, Irish Sasanach, from Late Latin ²õ²¹³æ´Ç²Ôŧ²õ Saxons
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You also have a whisky called Sassenach, the name of which will be familiar to “Outlander†fans.

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They were imbeciles, as well as being the Sassenach, and she herself was a saint She was, she discovered with a change of posture, interested in nothing but her darling boys.

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Its institutions, from Parliament to its diplomatic corps and the BBC, remain dominated by Sassenachs.

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The less polite muttered under their breath about the “bloody Sassenachs.â€

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But Scottish nationalism also has deep emotional roots. The vote marks the culmination of decades—nay, centuries—of campaigning for independence by Scots who dislike being ruled by the Sassenachs.

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