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the descendants of the Lowland Scots who were settled in Ulster in the 17th century; of or pertaining to the Scotch-Irish; of mixed Scottish and Irish descent

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Usage examples (27)
  • He was born of Scotch-Irish parents, in the good old
  • Scotch-Irish, descendants of the survivors of Culloden.
  • Nine of these settlers, incidentally, were Scotch-Irish.
  • Scotch-Irish, English, and German settlers reacted similarly.
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