单词 | ulster scot |
释义 | Ulster Scotn.adj. A. n. 1. Frequently in plural. A person of Scottish origin or descent born or resident in Ulster (now esp. the six counties comprising Northern Ireland); spec. a Scottish person who settled in the north of Ireland during the Plantation of Ulster in the 17th cent. (historical); a descendant of such a settler. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Irish > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Ireland > descended from Scots Scottish-Irish1573 Ulster Scot1640 Irish Scot1685 Scotch-Irishman1872 Scotch-Irish1916 1640 G. Radcliffe Let. 8 Aug. in Life & Corr. (1810) 209 None is soe dim-sighted but sees the gen'all inclination of the Ulster Scots to the Covenant. 1757 Parl. Hist. Eng. XIX. 166 3000 Men out of Connaught, and 7000 Ulster Scots. 1784 Hist. Ireland v. 243 In order to..awe those Ulster Scots who favoured the cause of their covenanting brethren, the main body of the Irish army was ordered to rendezvous at Carrickfergus. 1837 J. S. Reid Hist. Presbyterian Church in Ireland II. xviii. 389 The movements of the Ulster Scots were indeed vigilantly observed, and all communication with Scotland rigorously interdicted. 1898 Ulster Jrnl. Archæol. 4 193 Any Ulster-Scot knows what ‘through-other’ means. 1906 Manitoba Free Press 12 Jan. 24/2 He..is an Ulster Scot, the son of Dr. Bryce of Glasgow, and he still retains..the pronounced accent of the north of Ireland. 1975 M. Hechter Internal Colonialism iv. 103 The Crown's initial fear was caused by the Ulster Scots in 1638–9, sympathizers with the Presbyterian militants of their homeland. 2004 Belfast News-Lett. (Nexis) 11 May 15 Not all United Irishmen were Presbyterians or Ulster-Scots. 2. Celtic History. A Scot (Scot n.1 1) from Ulster; = Dalriadan n. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Celtic people > [noun] > Gaels > person redshank1542 Britainer1570 Ulster Scot1654 Gael1684 Dalriadan1685 Dalriad1753 Goidel1869 1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. ix. 270 Aidan a Scottish Bishop sent to Oswald King of Northumberland for the conversion of his people from the Island of Hy wherein was one the principal Monasteries of the Northern or Ulster Scots. 1775 J. Burns Hist. & Chronological Remembrancer ii. 89 674, Picts defeated by the Ulster Scots, in the reign of Seachnash. 1888 J. Rankin Handbk. Church Scotl. i. 11 Kintyre and Knapdale were also occasional residences of the Dalriad kings. These Ulster Scots were Christians. 1912 J. W. Jeudwine First Twelve Cent. Brit. Story iii. 42 At sixteen years of age (it is said), Patrick [i.e. St Patrick] with his two sisters were seized by the Ulster Scots in one of their raids on the coast, and he was carried off to Ireland as a slave. 1998 C. Wickham-Jones Orkney 100 The Ulster Scots who were settling as the people of Dal Riada in Argyll in the west of Scotland. B. adj. Designating the Ulster Scots (in sense A. 1); of, relating to, or characteristic of the Ulster Scots. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Irish > [adjective] > descended from Scots Scotch-Irish1622 Scots-Irish1698 Scottish-Irish1754 Ulster Scot1876 1876 J. Heckewelder Hist., Manners, & Customs Indian Nations (rev. ed.) I. i. xl. 302 A son of the old chieftain..was mortally wounded in July of 1757, by a young man in the Ulster-Scot settlement. 1879 Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. & Biogr. 3 357 The locality..was settled by what is known as Scotch-Irish, or Ulster Scot families. 1912 Centennial Celebration of Theol. Seminary Presbyterian Church U.S.A. 512 In 1776, one-third of the population of Pennsylvania was Ulster-Scot. 1993 J. D. Toland Ethnicity & State 12 This brand of territorial politics may be directly responsible for the resurgence of an Ulster Scot ethnic identity for Northern Ireland's non-Irish population. 2009 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 16 Mar. 18 Is this desire to get up early—I was told to be there for 7.45am—an Ulster-Scot work ethic thing? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1640 |
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