† North Britainn.¹

Forms: see north adv., adj., and n. and Britain n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: north adj., Britain n.¹

Etymology: < north adj. + Britain n.¹ Compare North Britain n.², North Briton n., and β. forms at West Briton n.

Obsolete.

A native of Scotland; a Scot. Cf. North Briton n.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Scotland

ScoteOE

rivlin?c1300

bere-bag1352

Scotchman1407

Scottishman1429

Scotsman?c1450

blue cap1598

North Britain1604

Jockc1641

Jacky1653

Whiglander1682

Albanian1685

sawneya1704

North Briton1718

Caledonian1768

Sandy1785

Scotchy1832

Scotty1851

haggis bag1892

haggis-eater1937

1604 F. Bacon Articles Union of Kingdoms in Wks. (1868) X. vi. 225 The people to be the South-Brittains and North-Brittains.

1627 W. Douglas Encovragments Warres of France (title page) William Douglasse North-Britaine.

1708 London Gaz. No. 4409/4 Geo. Bremar, a North Britain,..well set and fat.

1713 C. Shadwell Humours of Army (list of speakers) p. v Colonel Hyland, A North-Britain.

1746 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 292 The North Britains are so attached to the usages of their country, so fond of the superiorities, [etc.].

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

North Britainn.²

Brit.

/ˌnɔːθ ˈbrɪtn/, U.S.

/ˌnɔrθ ˈbrɪtn/

Forms: see north adv., adj., and n. and Britain n.² Formerly also occasionally with lower-case initial in the second element.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: north adj., Britain n.²

Etymology: < north adj. + Britain n.² Compare North Britain n.¹

Scotland (now archaic and historical). In later use also more generally: the northern part of Great Britain.attributive in earliest use.

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > Scotland > [noun]

North Britain1615

Land of Cakes1659

louse-land1699

Whigland1699

Haggisland1846

1615 R. Brathwait Church-knight in Strappado 110 Vp to the Court he goes with speede he can, Where he encountred a North-britaine man.

a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Wit at Severall Weapons (1647) iv. i. 82 A North-Brittaine Constable.

1640 W. Mure Counter-buff 3 Heaven's herauld sent to blesse North-Britain's soyle.

1724 Philos. Trans. 1722–3 (Royal Soc.) 33 8 I was..in the Shire of Renfrew, ten Miles from Glasgow, North Britain.

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lxii. 283 He..observed that translation was a meer drug, that branch of literature being overstocked by an inundation of authors from North Britain.

1772 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 302 (note) Sir Robert Sibbald, indeed, conceives the nightingale to be a bird of North Britain; but..nor could I ever trace them in that direction further than Durham.

1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. Pref. 5 The ancient history of North-Britain, whatever might be its fabulousness.

1857–9 Proc. Royal Soc. 9 527 He was induced..to lay before the Natural History Society..his earliest Paper, containing an enumeration of such plants as had been discovered in North Britain.

1886 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 15 457 South of the Scottish border the remains of lake-dwellings, though not so numerous as those recorded in Ireland and North Britain, are sufficiently important to claim a passing notice.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 394/1 The state of the art [sc. agriculture] was not more advanced at that time in North Britain than it had been in England in the time of Fitzherbert.

1938 Jrnl. Ecol. 295 The fact that the variety interrupta of Rissoa parva was found..confirms..that this variety is more common than the typical form in north Britain.

2001 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 9 Dec. 33 On his mission to..provide you with the best guide to North Britain, Irvine tirelessly criss-crosses the country..sampling everything that passes for Scottish hospitality.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	north britain
释义	† North Britainn.¹ Forms: see north adv., adj., and n. and Britain n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: north adj., Britain n.¹ Etymology: < north adj. + Britain n.¹ Compare North Britain n.², North Briton n., and β. forms at West Briton n. Obsolete. A native of Scotland; a Scot. Cf. North Briton n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Scotland ScoteOE rivlin?c1300 bere-bag1352 Scotchman1407 Scottishman1429 Scotsman?c1450 blue cap1598 North Britain1604 Jockc1641 Jacky1653 Whiglander1682 Albanian1685 sawneya1704 North Briton1718 Caledonian1768 Sandy1785 Scotchy1832 Scotty1851 haggis bag1892 haggis-eater1937 1604 F. Bacon Articles Union of Kingdoms in Wks. (1868) X. vi. 225 The people to be the South-Brittains and North-Brittains. 1627 W. Douglas Encovragments Warres of France (title page) William Douglasse North-Britaine. 1708 London Gaz. No. 4409/4 Geo. Bremar, a North Britain,..well set and fat. 1713 C. Shadwell Humours of Army (list of speakers) p. v Colonel Hyland, A North-Britain. 1746 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 292 The North Britains are so attached to the usages of their country, so fond of the superiorities, [etc.]. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018). North Britainn.² Brit. /ˌnɔːθ ˈbrɪtn/, U.S. /ˌnɔrθ ˈbrɪtn/ Forms: see north adv., adj., and n. and Britain n.² Formerly also occasionally with lower-case initial in the second element. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: north adj., Britain n.² Etymology: < north adj. + Britain n.² Compare North Britain n.¹ Scotland (now archaic and historical). In later use also more generally: the northern part of Great Britain.attributive in earliest use. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > Scotland > [noun] North Britain1615 Land of Cakes1659 louse-land1699 Whigland1699 Haggisland1846 1615 R. Brathwait Church-knight in Strappado 110 Vp to the Court he goes with speede he can, Where he encountred a North-britaine man. a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Wit at Severall Weapons (1647) iv. i. 82 A North-Brittaine Constable. 1640 W. Mure Counter-buff 3 Heaven's herauld sent to blesse North-Britain's soyle. 1724 Philos. Trans. 1722–3 (Royal Soc.) 33 8 I was..in the Shire of Renfrew, ten Miles from Glasgow, North Britain. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lxii. 283 He..observed that translation was a meer drug, that branch of literature being overstocked by an inundation of authors from North Britain. 1772 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 302 (note) Sir Robert Sibbald, indeed, conceives the nightingale to be a bird of North Britain; but..nor could I ever trace them in that direction further than Durham. 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. Pref. 5 The ancient history of North-Britain, whatever might be its fabulousness. 1857–9 Proc. Royal Soc. 9 527 He was induced..to lay before the Natural History Society..his earliest Paper, containing an enumeration of such plants as had been discovered in North Britain. 1886 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 15 457 South of the Scottish border the remains of lake-dwellings, though not so numerous as those recorded in Ireland and North Britain, are sufficiently important to claim a passing notice. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 394/1 The state of the art [sc. agriculture] was not more advanced at that time in North Britain than it had been in England in the time of Fitzherbert. 1938 Jrnl. Ecol. 295 The fact that the variety interrupta of Rissoa parva was found..confirms..that this variety is more common than the typical form in north Britain. 2001 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 9 Dec. 33 On his mission to..provide you with the best guide to North Britain, Irvine tirelessly criss-crosses the country..sampling everything that passes for Scottish hospitality. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1604n.²1615
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