Scotchman

plural Scotchmen

1. obsoleteA man from Scotland.

   “Gie us a guid conceit o’ oorsel’s” was, I believe, a Scotchman’s prayer, and who will venture to deny that Heaven has lent a gracious ear to the petition?

   1894 September 11, Anglia [pseudonym], “[Letters to the Editor.] ‘An Uncouth and Degraded Dialect.’”, in The Glasgow Herald, 112th year, number 218, Glasgow: George Outram & Company, →OCLC, page 9, column 2

2. obsoleteA person from Scotland.
3. nauticalA piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.First known use 19th century

1. A surname.