Sassenach
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A Saxon; an Englishman; a Lowlander. [Celtic] Sir W. Scott.
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The Gaelic term for a Saxon. Survives in modern day Ireland and Scotland as a derogatory term for an English person.
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A Scot's term for an english person. Supposedly said with mirth but often containing thinly veiled hostility.
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Refers to the non Celtic/gaelic speaking Britons usually of Saxon antecedents. Usually meant as a mild put down.
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