Scotch-Irish

Scotch-Irish
/skoch"uy"rish/, n.
1. (used with a plural v.) the descendants of the Lowland Scots who were settled in Ulster in the 17th century.
adj.
2. of or pertaining to the Scotch-Irish.
3. of mixed Scottish and Irish descent.
[1735-45]

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