Scotch-Irishmann.
/skɒtʃˈʌɪrᵻʃmən/, U.S. /ˌskɑtʃˈaɪrɪʃmən/ Originally and chiefly North American.
A North American descendant of the Ulster Scots; (also) an Ulster Scot. See Scotch-Irish adj. 2.
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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).
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