From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishSas‧se‧nach/ˈsæsənæk/noun[countable]an English person – used byScottishpeople in ahumorousway or to show disapprovalExamples from the CorpusSassenach•Alas, hisselectionwould require animprobableU-turnon the part of theSassenachsegmen...
: a typical Englishman or something considered typical of England often used disparagingly by Scots and Irish a dreadful Sassenach concoction I. A. BremnerWord History Etymology Irish Sasanach, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English Seaxan Saxons ...
Sassenach definition: a term used by the Gaelic inhabitants of the British Isles to refer to the English inhabitants.. See examples of SASSENACH used in a sentence.
"English Saxons," as opposed to those of the Continent (now called Old Saxons). Properly… See origin and meaning of anglo-saxon.
Celtic languages used their form of the word to mean "an Englishman, one of the English race" or English-speaking person in Celtic lands (for example Welsh Sais, plural Seison "an Englishman;" Seisoneg "English;" compare Sassenach). As an adjective from late 14c. (earlier was Saxish, ...
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English from top to bottomif youcleanorsearchsomewhere from top tobottom, you do it very thoroughlyThe whole house needs cleaning from top to bottom.→top Examples from the Corpus from top to bottom•Sassenachwascreated, the greatbuttressclimbed, as it sh...
nounA contraction ofeven. Formerly often writtenene. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. adverbA contraction foreven. Seeeven. fromWiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. adverbpoetic, archaicContraction ofeven(used especially for the sake ...
Confessions of an English Opium Eater Words encountered in DeQuincey's text. archididascalus, contretems, noli me tangere, οἱ πολλοί, dym sassenach, dog-sleep, esculent, equipage, epicycle, wall-fruit, more socratico, demirep and 8 more... Mellifluous Words mellifluous, vanilla...