Scotch|man

Scotch|man
Scotch|man «SKOCH muhn», noun, plural -men.
a person born or living in Scotland; Scotsman.
Usage Scotchman, Scotsman, Scot. In Scotland, Scotsman is the preferred and current form; Scot is an occasional, somewhat literary, and inoffensive variant, especially in the plural: »

Scots! wha hae wi' Wallace bled... (Robert Burns).

Scotchman, probably still the common term in most other parts of the English-speaking world, is virtually never used by natives of the country.

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