McCreary was nominated for an Emmy for the episode "Sassenach" in 2015. The highlanders of 1743 see Claire as a "Sassenach", or "Outlander", ignorant of Gaelic culture. Eighteenth century husband of Claire, whom he affectionately calls "Sassenach". The Sassenach Formation was deposited below wave base in an off-reef marine setting. The Sassenach Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Late Devonian (early Famennian) age. The mildly derogatory Scottish Gaelic term "Sassenach" derives from this source.