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Sassenach [ˈsæsəˌnæk (Scot) -næx]

(Social Science / Peoples) Scot and occasionally Irish an English person or a Lowland Scot

[from Scot Gaelic Sasunnach, Irish Sasanach, from Late Latin saxonēs Saxons]

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Noun

Sassenach - the Scots' term for an English person

English person - a native or inhabitant of England

Translations

Sassenach [ˈsæsənæx] N (Scot) (sometimes pej) → inglés/esa m/f

Sassenach (Scot: pej, hum)

n → Engländer(in) m(f)

adj → englisch

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