Definitions for sawney
sawney

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1. sawneynoun

   a fool, an idiot

2. sawneyadjective

   foolish, stupid

3. Sawneynoun

   A Scotsman.

4. Sawneynoun

   A diminutive of the male given name Alexander, of Scots origin.

5. Etymology: Local variant of the personal name Sandy.

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1. Sawney

   Sawney (sometimes Sandie/y, or Sanders, or Sannock) was an English nickname for a Scotsman, now obsolete, and playing much the same linguistic role that "Jock" does now. The name is a Lowland Scots diminutive of the favourite Scottish first name Alexander (also Alasdair in Scottish Gaelic form, anglicised into Alistair) from the last two syllables. The English commonly abbreviate the first two syllables into "Alec". From the days after the accession of James VI to the English throne under the title of James I, to the time of George III and the Bute administration, when Scotsmen were exceedingly unpopular and Dr. Samuel Johnson - the great Scotophobe, and son of a Scottish bookseller at Lichfield - thought it prudent to disguise his origin, and overdid his prudence by maligning his father's countrymen, it was customary to designate a Scotsman a "Sawney". This vulgar epithet, however, was dying out fast by the 1880s, and was obsolete by the 20th century.

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1. Sawney

   Sandie/y or Sawney was an English nickname for a Scotsman, now obsolete, and playing much the same linguistic role that "Jock" does now. Variations included Sanders and Sannock. The name is a Lowland Scots diminutive of the favourite Scottish first name Alexander from the last two syllables. The English commonly abbreviate the first two syllables into "Alec". In the days after the accession of James VI to the English throne, under the title of James I, to the time of George III, and the Bute administration, when Scotsmen were exceedingly unpopular, and when Dr. Samuel Johnson - the great Scotophobe, and son of a Scottish bookseller at Lichfield - thought it prudent to disguise his origin, and overdid his prudence by maligning his father's countrymen, it was customary to designate a Scotsman a "Sawney". This vulgar epithet, however, was dying out fast by the 1880s, and was obsolete by the 20th century. Sawney was a common figure of fun in English cartoons, and one particularly racist example was called Sawney in the bog house by James Gillray, showing a stereotypical Scotsman using a communal toilet by sticking one of his legs down each of the pans. It has also been suggested that the Galloway cannibal Sawney Bean may have been a fabrication to emphasise the alleged savagery of the Scots.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sawney

   Sawny, saw′ni, n. a Scotchman. [For Sandy from Alexander.]

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sawney

   A variant of “Sandy.”

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1. SAWNEY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sawney is ranked #86645 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Sawney surname appeared 215 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Sawney.
   
   46% or 99 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   34.4% or 74 total occurrences were Black.
   12% or 26 total occurrences were White.
   3.2% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.

How to pronounce sawney?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say sawney in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sawney in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sawney in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sawney
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawney
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=sawney
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=sawney
5. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=sawney
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html