Scots

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Adjective, Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Scots has 1 sense

Adjective Scots has 1 sense

  • scots(a = adj.pert) scotch, scottish - of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language; "Scots Gaelic"; "the Scots community in New York"; "`Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'"; "`Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen phrases as `Scotch broth' or `Scotch whiskey' or `Scotch plaid'"
  • Derived form noun scots1

CIDE DICTIONARY

Scotsa. [For older Scottis Scottish. See Scottish.].
     Of or pertaining to the Scotch; Scotch; Scottish; as, Scots law; a pound Scots (1s. 8d.).  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Scots, adj. & n. esp. Sc.
--adj.
1 = SCOTTISH adj.
2 in the dialect, accent, etc., of (esp. Lowlands) Scotland.
--n.
1 = SCOTTISH n.
2 the form of English spoken in (esp. Lowlands) Scotland.

Etymology
ME orig. Scottis, north. var. of SCOTTISH

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