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单词 scotsman
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Scotsmann.

Brit. /ˈskɒtsmən/, U.S. /ˈskɑtsmən/
Inflections: Plural Scotsmen.
Forms: see Scots adj. and n. and man n.1; also late Middle English Scottyman (transmission error).
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Scots adj., man n.1
Etymology: < Scots adj. + man n.1 Compare earlier Scotchman n. and slightly later Scottishman n. 2. Compare also earlier Scot n.1 2.
1. A person who is Scottish by descent, birth, or residency; (typically) a man born in Scotland or to Scottish parents.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Scotland
ScoteOE
rivlin?c1300
bere-bag1352
Scotchman1407
Scottishman1429
Scotsman?c1450
blue cap1598
North Britain1604
Jockc1641
Jacky1653
Whiglander1682
Albanian1685
sawneya1704
North Briton1718
Caledonian1768
Sandy1785
Scotchy1832
Scotty1851
haggis bag1892
haggis-eater1937
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 746 (MED) Yrys men and of galway And scottys men, þus þai say.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 8 Quhen he herd schir philip say, That scottis men had set ane day To fecht [etc.].
a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ix. l. 2260 Þar Scottismen fel gret tynsaille.
a1505 Earl of Surrey in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 481 I conceyue also þat the same Thomas is noysed in Norffolke for a Scotesman borne.
1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. D viij b But what saynte so euer he bee, he is sure no Scottes mans frend.
1565 T. Stapleton tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. iii. xxi. f. 97v These priestes were called Cedda, Adda, Betti, and Diuna, who was a scottes~man borne, the other thre english.
1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 441 Books and Treatises published by Scotts men.
1678 Earl of Arran in O. Airy Lauderdale Papers (1885) III. 102 It is a foolish thing for scots men to complain or make worke heir, or to endeavour a Rebellion in scotland.
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 96 A Mantle..thrown about him like a Scotsman's Plaid.
1780 Mirror No. 82 The Earl of Bute, who was both a Scotsman and a favourite.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 96 Are not we, like them, Scotsmen and burghers of Edinburgh?
1858 J. Grant A. Blane (1860) 39 The warmth of heart and ‘Comeraderie’ with which Scotsmen always meet in a foreign land.
1902 J. Gairdner Eng. Church 16th Cent. xiii. 246 The Protector might..have reckoned on the devotion of a little band of Scotsmen in a Scottish stronghold by the sea to assist him.
1968 B. Took & M. Feldman in B. Took & M. Coward Best of ‘Round The Horne’ (2000) 4th Ser. Programme 15. 237/2 On that shattering anti-climax we end this week's production, thereby avoiding [sic] hordes of irate Scotsmen from descending upon the BBC and tearing up their radio licences—last year's, of course.
2000 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 27 Feb. 20/3 I wrote a play..called It Wisnae Me, about three Scotsmen.
2. In full Flying Scotsman. A daily express train service between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley stations. Also: an LNER steam locomotive of Sir Nigel Gresley's A3 Pacific design, once used on this service and in preservation since 1963. Cf. wild Irishman n. 3, Flying Scotchman at Scotchman n. 5.The service first ran in 1862, its official name being the Special Scotch Express.
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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > passenger train > express or non-stop > specific
Flying Dutchman1813
Scotsman1871
Flying Scotchman1872
Orient Express1883
Twentieth Century1902
Royal Scot1927
Rheingold1928
Red Arrow1934
trans-Siberian1939
TEE1963
1871 Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper 22 Oct. 8/3 The express train from King's Cross, known as the Flying Scotsman, due in Newcastle-on-Tyne at five o'clock, met with a serious accident on Thursday evening.
1879 G.N.R. Tourist-guide 1 The splendid express known as the ‘Flying Scotsman’.
1932 P. Bloomfield Imaginary Worlds 34 Pretending..that our O gauge railway round the nursery floor is really the line taken by the ‘Flying Scotsman’.
1936 J. Masefield Let. from Pontus 57 On the railway beside us the Scotsman went by.
1962 C. H. Ellis Flying Scotsman i. 11 The Special Scotch Express sooner or later became the ‘Flying Scotch Express’, which in turn was transformed into ‘Flying Scotchman’ and later still, probably when English people began to read Robert Louis Stevenson, into ‘Flying Scotsman’. That eventually became the official title.
1974 Times 7 Dec. 3/2 The Flying Scotsman..the majestic old LNER puffer... The Flying Scotsman..is at present stabled steamless at Carnforth.
2005 Sunday Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 15 May 40 The Flying Scotsman train runs daily from London's Kings Cross station to Edinburgh's Waverley station; prices vary depending on times and fare-savers.

Derivatives

ˈScotsmanship n. the fact of being a Scotsman.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [noun] > quality or nationality
Scottishness1681
Scotchness1808
Scotchiness1815
Scotsmanship1828
Scottishry1958
tartanry1976
1828 Examiner 56/2 If there is gallantry in Dudley, conceit in Ellenborough, Scotsmanship in Melville.
1956 Times 29 Feb. 7/1 This century has, however, brought some composers to birth in Scotland whose music can make its mark without the special pleading of Scotsmanship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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