Scotchman
noun/ˈskɒt͡ʃmən/
Etymology Inherited from Middle English Scocheman. By surface analysis, Scotch + -man.
1
Obsolete A man from Scotland.
- “Gie us a guid conceit o’ oorsel’s” was, I believe, a Scotchman’s prayer, and who will venture to deny that Heaven has lent a gracious ear to the petition?1894 September 11, Anglia [pseudonym], “[Letters to the Editor.] ‘An Uncouth and Degraded Dialect.’”, in The Glasgow Herald, 112th year, number 218, Glasgow: George Outram & Company, →OCLC, page 9, column 2:
2
Obsolete A person from Scotland.
- Synonyms
- Scotsman, Scot