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Scotch-I⋅rish

[skoch-ahy-rish]
–noun
1. (used with a plural v.) the descendants of the Lowland Scots who were settled in Ulster in the 17th century.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to the Scotch-Irish.
3. of mixed Scottish and Irish descent.


Origin:
1735–45


See Scotch.
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