Scotsman
8
1.0
- noun
- /ˈskɒtsmən/
:
escocés
- During our holiday in Scotland, we met a friendly Scotsman who showed us around.
So they go out and then the Scotsman turns to him and he says or the, I mean, the Scotsman turns to the other Scotsman and says, OK, where and when do you want to fight?
- So they go out and then the Scotsman turns to him and he says or the, I mean, the Scotsman turns to the other Scotsman and says, OK, where and when do you want to fight?
- And obviously, he's been let go because you don't, you know, when you're looking to hire an Irishman, you don't want to hire a Scotsman.
- Speaking of thrills, there's there's something we've done here on this show twice with Gerard Butler and Alan Cumming, your fellow Scotsman.
- But I was, they caught me the Laughing Scotsman, because when I would laugh, it would have the ripple effect.
- But you've done many things after obviously a dance school, acting, singing, ACS, Hill's Kitchen, which you won, Gordon Ramsay, good Scotsman.
Examples
-
The crowd gathered tightly, straining to see, and the Scotsman shouted for his assistants to keep everyone back.
Fiction book (1996) -
The Scotsman chewed his cigar and walked across the room, his smoke drifting behind him.
Fiction book (1996) -
Oh, that genius Scotsman has done it again.
-
His name was James Ronald, and he was a Scotsman.
Academic text (2005) -
My father was a Scotsman, scout in the Indian wars.
-
According to Steele, the Scotsman felt he was now worse off than when he was on the island.
Academic text (2002) -
I knew a Scotsman who was an expert snooker player.
-
Next to him sat the Scotsman, trimming a cigar with his knife.
Fiction book (1996) -
The Scotsman laughed, and the ash on his cigar broke off and fell across his vest.
Fiction book (1996) -
The source of power for these floating contraptions was the improved steam engine, as invented by the brilliant Scotsman James Watt.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
21
1.9
A person born in or living in Scotland
1
6.2
A man from Scotland
A friendly name for a person from Scotland
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Scotsman is just Scot + man: Scot names a person from Scotland, so Scotsman means a 'man from Scotland'. The word follows the same pattern as Englishman or Irishman, which makes it easy to remember.