Scottish nationalistn.adj.
/ˈskɒtɪʃ ˈnaʃn̩əlɪst/, /ˈskɒtɪʃ ˈnaʃn̩l̩ɪst/, /ˈskɒtɪʃ ˈnaʃənl̩ɪst/, /ˈskɒtɪʃ ˈnaʃ(ə)nəlɪst/, U.S. /ˈskɑdɪʃ ˈnæʃ(ə)nələst/ A. n.
1. A supporter or advocate of independence or greater autonomy for Scotland; a supporter of Scottish national interests.
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Scottish National Party1846
Scottish nationalist1850
Welsh Nationalist Party1886
Plaid1928
Scottish Nationalist Party1928
S.N.P.1935
Plaid Cymru1949
Mebyon Kernow1962
Mec Vannin1966
1850 H. Scott (title) The creed of the Scottish Nationalists, by the author of ‘The Scottish new generation’.
1894 Glasgow Herald 19 Mar. 12/1 The Scottish Nationalists demand that there shall be a Parliament elected by the Scottish people sitting in Edinburgh, and with an Executive Government responsible to it and the Crown.
1954 R. Coupland Welsh & Sc. Nationalism vi. 296 [Rosebery's] position as a Scottish nationalist was thus comparable with Lloyd George's subsequent position as a Welsh nationalist.
1987 J. Baglow H. MacDiarmid i. 11 As a modern writer, then, not simply as a Scottish nationalist or idiosyncratic communist, MacDiarmid wrestles with his whole age.
2009 Hanover (Ont.) Post (Nexis) 3 Apr. b6 A proud Scottish nationalist who secured a prominent place in his country's history books by bringing the Stone of Destiny back home in the fifties.
2. Chiefly with capital initial in the second element. A member or supporter of the Scottish Nationalist Party.
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Welsh nationalist1863
Scottish nationalist1928
Scot Nat1929
Nat1958
Scots Nat1968
1928 Observer 28 Oct. 17 The result was considered a great triumph for Scottish Nationalists.
1968 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 11 July c14/1 Winifred Ewing was a noted narker in Glasgow before she became the only Scottish Nationalist in the House of Commons.
1985 Times (Nexis) 15 July Mr James Sillars, a leading Scottish Nationalist,..plan[s] to raise an action for interdict at the Edinburgh Court of Session to freeze the Bill.
2003 R. Fraser Story of Brit. (2005) 755 Callaghan was forced to turn to the newly powerful Scottish Nationalists, who had eleven seats by October 1974.
B. adj.
1. That supports or advocates independence or greater autonomy for Scotland; (also) of or relating to Scottish nationalism.
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1897 Westm. Rev. July 30 The Scottish nationalist party [in the time of Robert the Bruce] acted in name of King John (Balliol).
1910 Times 27 Apr. 12/4 An informal meeting of Scottish Liberal members was held yesterday to consider the desirability of forming a Scottish Nationalist group.
1960 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 331 176/1 [Samuel Vetch] combined church, partisan, and Scottish nationalist support.
1979 J. D. Young Rousing of Sc. Working Class 203 The coalescence of Scottish nationalist sentiments and an aggressive socialism had been motivated by economic factors.
2001 M. Keating Plurinational democracy (2004) ii. 37 Scottish nationalist historians have also tended to stress the democratic traditions in Scottish society.
2. Chiefly with capital initial in the second element. Of or relating to the Scottish Nationalist Party.
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Scottish nationalist1928
Scot Nat1967
1928 Times 29 Oct. 15/1 Mr. Baldwin was on Saturday elected Rector of Glasgow University..over Mr. Cunninghame Graham, the Scottish Nationalist candidate.
1945 Manch. Guardian 18 Apr. 4/4 Dr. McIntyre, the new Scottish Nationalist member for Motherwell, refused to have two other members to introduce him [to Parliament].
1992 Economist 2 May 42/2 Oliver Brown, a Scottish Nationalist pamphleteer and humourist.
2007 Evening News (Edinb.) (Nexis) 19 June 12 Alex Salmond is now the Scottish Nationalist First Minister in Edinburgh.
Compounds
Scottish Nationalist Party n. (also Scottish Nationalist party) [compare earlier Scottish National Party n. at Scottish adj. and n. Compounds 3] (in early use) a political party formed in 1928 by the Glasgow University Scottish Nationalist Association to campaign for independence for Scotland; (now) = Scottish National Party n. at Scottish adj. and n. Compounds 3.The official name for the earlier party was the National Party of Scotland. This party merged with the Scottish Party in 1934 to become the modern Scottish National Party.
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Scottish National Party1846
Scottish nationalist1850
Welsh Nationalist Party1886
Plaid1928
Scottish Nationalist Party1928
S.N.P.1935
Plaid Cymru1949
Mebyon Kernow1962
Mec Vannin1966
1928 Observer 28 Oct. 17 The Scottish Nationalist Party was founded in the University only four months ago, with a membership of six.
1942 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 36 530 Nor was the war an issue later in Argyllshire, contested by the Scottish Nationalist party.
1976 Ld. Home Way Wind Blows xv. 206 A Scottish Nationalist Party had grown up which had begun to advocate separation from England.
2008 Daily Mail (Nexis) 8 Nov. 16 Labour swept aside the Scottish Nationalist Party, which was utterly convinced of victory, with a majority of 6,700.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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