单词 | north briton |
释义 | North Britonn. Now historical. A native of Scotland; a Scot. Cf. North Britain n.1 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 1718 M. Prior Alma i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 327 North Britons thus have Second Sight. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxii. 280 His numerous Relations..swarm'd about him..as if they were so many North-Britons, travelling Southward for Preferment. 1797 M. Robinson Walsingham IV. lxxxv. 206 I was glad to recognize the honest North Briton, old Andrew Mac-Gregor. 1841 J. F. Cooper Deerslayer II. xvi. 261 Dr. Graham, as indeed his name and countenance equally indicated, was, by birth, a North Briton. 1862 G. Borrow Wild Wales xxii A tall lathy North Briton with a keen eye and hard features. 1936 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 44 233 The Scotch or ‘North Britons’ were the most easily assimilated of these people, for they were more frequently skilled and industrious workmen. 1961 Amer. Hist. Rev. 67 109 The influx of North Britons notably preceded the arrival of Lord Bute upon the scene. 1993 F. Delaney Walk to Western Isles (BNC) 121 Nor did Boswell the North Briton confine himself to political toadying to London. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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