Sassenach

You also have a whisky called Sassenach, the name of which will be familiar to “Outlander” fans.

They were imbeciles, as well as being the Sassenach, and she herself was a saint She was, she discovered with a change of posture, interested in nothing but her darling boys.

Its institutions, from Parliament to its diplomatic corps and the BBC, remain dominated by Sassenachs.

The less polite muttered under their breath about the “bloody Sassenachs.”

But Scottish nationalism also has deep emotional roots. The vote marks the culmination of decades—nay, centuries—of campaigning for independence by Scots who dislike being ruled by the Sassenachs.