North Briton

English

Etymology

From north + Briton, after North Britain.

Noun

North Briton (plural North Britons)

  1. (now historical) Someone from Scotland; a Scot. [from 18th c.]
    • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
      About Christmas we set out for England, accompanied by a little North Briton, who lived with lord B— as his companion, and did not at all approve of our correspondence […] .
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