Sassenach

Sassenach definition

Sas·senach (sas′ə nak′)

noun

an English person or Lowlander: term used, often disparagingly, by the Irish and Scots

Etymology: Ir Sasanach or Gael Sasunnach < Gael Sasunn, Saxon < Gmc, as in OE Seaxan, Saxon

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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