单词 | scotch-irishman |
释义 | Scotch-Irishmann. Originally and chiefly North American. A North American descendant of the Ulster Scots; (also) an Ulster Scot. See Scotch-Irish adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Irish > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Ireland > descended from Scots Scottish-Irish1573 Ulster Scot1640 Irish Scot1685 Scotch-Irishman1872 Scotch-Irish1916 1815 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry (new ed.) II. ii. i. 84 He was what we call a Scotch-Irishman, and of the name of Oconama. 1872 London Q. Rev. Apr. 168 The keen Scotch-Irishmen of Ulster had a long fight to secure their point. 1903 J. Fox Little Shepherd x. 117 Broadcast, through the people, was the upright sturdiness of the Scotch-Irishman. 1965 L. R. Veysey Emergence Amer. University ii. 53 A Scotch-Irishman who had worked as a laborer to pay for his own education, Anderson believed that sheer force of personality could conquer just about any situation. 2004 Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) (Nexis) 28 Nov. 1 a I didn't grow up as a Scotch-Irishman in North Baton Rouge without learning to trench fight about as bad as it gets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1815 |
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