Scotophobe

See also: scotophobe

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Scoto- +‎ -phobe

Noun

Scotophobe (plural Scotophobes)

  1. One who fears or hates Scotland.
    • 2004, Barry Coward, Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theory in Early Modern Europe: From the Waldensians to the French Revolution:
      In the early 1770s the bogey figure for opposition politicians was arguably not so much North in the Commons as Mansfield behind the curtain, the country's greatest lawyer (and another Caledonian to gratify the Scotophobes) keeping an irresolute Cabinet committed to waging war in America.
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