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Caledonians

Caledonians is the plural of Caledonian.

Meaning of Caledonian

Noun

Caledonian (plural Caledonians)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Caledonia; a Scot.
    • I congratulate the Caledonians on the acquiſition of this new Saint, but wonder if the German crows were ſo civil to refrain from ſo ſavoury a Scotch haggiſs.1717 January 16 (Old Style), Lady Mary W. Montague [i.e. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu], “Original Letter of Lady Mary W. Montague, Never before Published. Found Lately amongst the Papers of a Lady...
  2. Someone from the ancient Celtic tribe (or group of tribes) called Caledonians, in Scotland

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Phrases with Caledonians

Questions about Caledonians

What is Caledonians the plural of?
Caledonians is the plural of Caledonian.

Words near Caledonians in the dictionary

  1. Caledonia
  2. Caledonia County
  3. Caledonia Island
  4. Caledonian
  5. Caledonian Canal
  6. Caledonians
  7. caledonite
  8. caledonites
  9. caleef
  10. caleefs
  11. caleeoon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Caledonians (page history and authors); Caledonian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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