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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1818-1912
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ENGLISHER, n. Also †Inglisher.
1. In Sc. usage: a disparaging name for an Englishman (Ags.19, Fif.10, Slg.3, Rxb.4 1943).Sc. 1818 Scott Rob Roy xxvi.:
She downa bide the sight o' a kindly Scot, if he come frae the Lowlands, far less of an Inglisher.Ayr. 1821 Galt Ayrshire Legatees vi.:
The Englishers are sae obstinate in their own way.Sc. a.1856 G. Outram Lyrics (1874) 13:
Forgie me that I steer your memorie eennow, anent that wearifu' Treaty o' Union wi' the Englishers.Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto T. Bodkin x.:
The head-man, wha, frae his tongue-rake, appeared to be an Englisher.Ags. 1891 J. M. Barrie Little Minister xxvi.:
Rintoul's so little o' a Scotchman that he's no muckle better than an Englisher.Kcb. 1895 S. R. Crockett Bog-Myrtle ii. i.:
Thae Englishers that barely can understand their ain language.em.Sc. 1912 W. Cuthbertson Dykeside Folk 62:
He “never likit thae Englishers”.
2. An Episcopalian. Cf. English, adj., 1, id.Dmb. 1846 W. Cross Disruption xiii.:
The inglishers preatch Wi' a sark abune there claes.
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