单词 | scotchwoman |
释义 | Scotchwomann. Now rare. = Scotswoman n.In current Scottish usage Scotswoman (or Scot) is preferred; compare discussion at Scotch adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Scotland > woman Scotswoman1522 Scotchwoman1623 1623 J. Webster Deuils Law-case sig. B4 v Let none of these come at her on your life, Nor Dewes ace the wafer woman..; Nor the Scotchwoman with the Citterne. 1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant ii. i. 19 I never knew your Grandmother was a Scotch woman: is she not a Tartar too. 1769 C. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. v. 356 The Scotch-women..gave up their jewels and ornaments to supply the necessity of their country. 1786 H. Lee Errors of Innocence I. xiv. 92 Lady Somerset! A rank Scotchwoman! 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 193 The neat, clean, quiet-looking little Scotchwoman, who now stood before her. 1856 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 307 I should so like a Scotchwoman [as a servant], if I could get any feasible Scotchwoman. 1890 M. Oliphant Kirsteen II. iv. 63 The voice had a plaintive tone in it, as so many voices of Scotchwomen have. 1936 Times 12 Mar. 10/5 That lone Scotchwoman, without experience of any country but Scotland, paid her interest regularly on time. 1967 A. Hilen Lett. H. W. Longfellow II. 130 (note) A Scotchwoman, Mme. Calderón had lived in Boston before her marriage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1623 |
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