Definition of Scotswoman

1. Noun. A woman who is a Scot.

Exact synonyms: Scotchwoman
Generic synonyms: Scot, Scotchman, Scotsman

Definition of Scotswoman

1. Proper noun. A woman from Scotland. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scotswoman

Scotish
Scotism
Scotist
Scotists
Scotland
Scotland Yard
Scotlander
Scotlanders
Scots
Scots English
Scots Gaelic
Scots heather
Scots pine
Scotsman
Scotsmen
Scotswoman (current term)
Scotswomen
Scott
Scott's Spleenwort
Scott-Wilson reagent
Scott Joplin
Scott operation
Scotticism
Scotticisms
Scotticize
Scotticized
Scotticizes
Scotticizing
Scottie
Scottish

Literary usage of Scotswoman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Language Lessons and Grammar by Charles Alexander McMurry (1916)
"STUDY 17 ROBERT BRUCE AND THE OLD Scotswoman After being crowned king of Scotland, Bruce was pursued by the English and forced to retreat into the Highlands ..."

2. The Scots Digest of the Cases Decided in the Supreme Courts of Scotland: And by John Condie Stewart Sandeman (1905)
"In 1890 he married a Scotswoman, and they resided in Orkney till 1897. He then returned for two years to England and practised medicine there. ..."

3. The Journal of Jurisprudence by Law Library Microform Consortium (1868)
"An Irishman marries a Scotswoman and deserts her. Shall she be carried, ... Therefore the common law would declare that this deserted Scotswoman must go to ..."

4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1901)
"It was a red one, and half way down before the Scotswoman could stop me. ... The Scotswoman took the wrist, held it a moment, and nodded. ..."

5. A Guide to the Best Fiction in English by Ernest Albert ( Baker (1913)
"1823 Contains one of the author's most humorous characters, Leddy Grippy, an inimitable Scotswoman, [v. infra.] The Last of the Lairds. ..."

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