Scotsman

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Scots·man

(skŏts′mən)

1. A man who is a native or inhabitant of Scotland. See Usage Note at Scottish.

2. A man of Scottish ancestry.

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Scotsman

(ˈskɒtsmən)

n, pl -men

(Peoples) a native or inhabitant of Scotland

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Scots•man

(ˈskɒts mən)

n., pl. -men.

a native or inhabitant of Scotland; Scot.

[1325–75]

usage: See Scotch.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

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Noun

Scotsman - a native or inhabitant of Scotland

Scot, Scotchman

Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts

European - a native or inhabitant of Europe

Scotchwoman, Scotswoman - a woman who is a Scot

Glaswegian - an inhabitant of Glasgow

Highland Scot, Scottish Highlander, Highlander - a native of the Highlands of Scotland

Lowland Scot, Lowlander, Scottish Lowlander - a native of the Lowlands of Scotland

Translations

اِسْكُتْلانْدِيّ

Skot

skotte

Schotte

Σκώτος

escocés

skotlantilainen mies

Écossais

Škot

scozzese uomo scozzese

スコットランド人男性

스코틀랜드 사람

skotte

ชายชาวสกอต

İskoç

đàn ông Scotland

苏格兰男人

Scotsman

[ˈskɒtsmən] N (Scotsmen (pl)) → escocés m

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Scotsman

[ˈskɒtsmən] n → Écossais m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Scotsman

[ˈskɒtsmən] n (-men (pl)) → scozzese m

Scotsman

→ اِسْكُتْلانْدِيّ Skot skotte Schotte Σκώτος escocés skotlantilainen mies Écossais Škot scozzese スコットランド人男性 스코틀랜드 사람 Schot skotte Szkot escocês шотландец skotte ชายชาวสกอต İskoç đàn ông Scotland 苏格兰男人

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There were once a Scotsman and an Englishman and an Irishman serving in the army together, who took it into their heads to run away on the first opportunity they could get.

When nightfall and the time of the wild beasts came upon these, the Englishman happened to climb up into the very same tree on which the Scotsman was when he got a sight of the castle; and as soon as the day began to dawn and the Englishman looked to the four quarters of heaven, what did he see but the castle too!

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The second Scotsman was for setting fire to the hut, and knocking the creatures that were there on the head when they came out; but I could not join with that; I was against killing them, if it were possible to avoid it.

By that time the other Scotsman and my man, taking charge of the two men already bound, and tied together also by the arm, led them away to the idol, and left them there, to see if their idol would relieve them, making haste back to us.

First, we daubed him all over, and his robes also, with tar, and tallow mixed with brimstone; then we stopped his eyes and ears and mouth full of gunpowder, and wrapped up a great piece of wildfire in his bonnet; then sticking all the combustibles we had brought with us upon him, we looked about to see if we could find anything else to help to burn him; when my Scotsman remembered that by the hut, where the men were, there lay a heap of dry forage; away he and the other Scotsman ran and fetched their arms full of that.

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He knew there was a vast world outside, to whom Disruption Principles were as the chatter of tree-top apes; the paper brought him chill whiffs from it; he had met Englishmen who had asked lightly if he did not belong to the Church of Scotland, and then had failed to be much interested by his elucidation of that nice point; it was an evil, wild, rebellious world, lying sunk in DOZENEDNESS, for nothing short of a Scots word will paint this Scotsman's feelings.

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So a safe-conduct or passport was necessary for any Scotsman who would travel through England in safety.

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Philip had great faith in him, partly because he was a Scotsman and therefore by nature cautious, and partly because he had been right before.

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Will he dare to tell the hot- blooded Scotsman that his children are left without a guide, though Magua promised to be one?"

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"We say, 'Proud as a Scotsman,'" murmured the Duke of Buckingham.

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The bewhiskered individual, who looked like a Scotsman, had the Teutonic name of Von Blix, and spoke with a strong American accent.

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You insisted upon the advantages which the Scotsman possessed, from the very recent existence of that state of society in which his scene was to be laid.