Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to Caledonia or Scotland; Scottish; Scotch.
  • noun A native of Caledonia, or Scotland; a Scotchman.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to Caledonia or Scotland; Scottish; Scotch.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective In or from Caledonia.
  • adjective In or from New Caledonia.
  • noun A native or inhabitant of Caledonia; a Scot.

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Examples

  • The bus stop is round the corner from Nature's Kings Cross, London offices in Caledonian Road.

    Current Affairs Maxine 2009

  • In the end, I agree with your observation that our land is purely "Caledonian" - neither fish nor fowl, nor caring which.

    WHEN is Caledon? ZenMondo Wormser 2007

  • Before the Second World War the Caledonian was the largest and most popular street market in London.

    Through the Lens of Cyril Arapoff #13 2007

  • It has been said, that the Scottish nation is not distinguished for humour; and, indeed, what happened on this occasion may in some degree justify the remark: for although this society had contrived to make themselves a very prominent object for the ridicule of such as might stoop to it, the only joke to which it gave rise, was the following paragraph, sent to the newspaper called The Caledonian Mercury

    Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

  • Friday morning found the couple roaming aimlessly round that great bare enclosure at the end of the Camden Road, known as the Caledonian

    The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma 1884

  • Print Police name Caledonian canal car plunge victim The incident took place in Inverness on Wednesday Police have named the man who died after his car plunged into the Caledonian Canal last week.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • We asked what this was, and the waitress explained that "Caledonian" was the name of a railway line in Scotland.

    Simon Hoggart's week: On Chesil Beach with Cameron and Co 2010

  • On February 28th, a further contingent of 101 men under Captain Becher embarked on the "Caledonian," and later in the day the rest of us went on board a small Clyde pleasure steamer, the "King Edward," where we were crowded beyond description.

    The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion W. C. C. Weetman

  • Becher and his party arrived late the following day, having been kept three days on the "Caledonian," and the Battalion was once more complete.

    The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion W. C. C. Weetman

  • Macaulay's essay on Milton (1825) is one of the classic expressions of "Caledonian" rationalism:

    A Study of Poetry Bliss Perry 1907

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