The word Sassenach comes originally from the Gaelic word Sasunnach, meaning Saxon. Now it is used to mean an English person.

Some people use it to mean Southerner and as that is all relative to where you are, it isn’t unheard of for a Highlander to call a Lowlander a Sassenach.

Mind you – as a Lowlander myself I would take great umbrage if anyone dared to call me a Sassenach. Not that I’m racist or anything! But I am a Viking/Celt, definitely not a Saxon.