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Definition of Sassenach noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Sassenach

noun
 
/ˈsæsənæk/,
 
/ˈsæsənæx/
 
/ˈsæsənæk/,
 
/ˈsæsənæx/
(Scottish English, disapproving or humorous)
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  1. an English person
    Word Originearly 18th cent. (as a noun): from Scottish Gaelic Sasunnoch, Irish Sasanach, from Latin Saxones ‘Saxons’.
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