Scotch-Irish
/skɒtʃˈʌɪrɪʃ/adjective
1 Celtic Hist. = Scots-Irish. rare before late 19th cent.
2Chiefly North American. Designating Ulster Scots settlers in North America; of, belonging to, or descended from these settlers; (occasionally) designating the Ulster Scots themselves.
- Usually preferred in the United States and Canada over Scots-Irish. Historically, the term was sometimes used more widely in North America to designate any Irish Protestant immigrants, as well as those from southern Scotland and the English-Scottish borderlands..
noun
1Chiefly North American. Ulster Scots people in North America or in the north of Ireland considered collectively.
2 Celtic Hist. = Scots-Irish. rare.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Michael Drayton (1536–1631), poet. From Scotch + Irish. With senses A. 1 and B. 3 compare earlier Irish Scot.
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- wholegrain
- whole-grain mustard
- wholehearted
- wholeheartedly
- wholeheartedness
- whole hog
- whole-hogger
- whole-hoggery
- whole-hogging
- whole-hoggism
- whole holiday
- whole-hoofed
- whole-hooved
- whole language
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- whole-life
- whole life insurance
- wholemeal
- whole-minded
- whole-mindedness
- whole molding
- whole-moulded
- whole moulding
- wholeness