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scottish

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

Scot=tish

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun scottish has 1 sense

scottish(n = noun.communication) scots, scots english - the dialect of English used in Scotland; Array

is a kind of english, english language

has particulars: lallans, scottish lallans

Derived form adjective scottish₁

Adjective scottish has 1 sense

scottish(a = adj.pert) scotch, scots - 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 scottish₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

scottish, a. [From Scot a Scotchman: cf. AS. Scyttisc, and E. Scotch, a., Scots, a.].

Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

scottish, adj. & n.
--adj. of or relating to Scotland or its inhabitants.
--n. (prec. by the; treated as pl.) the people of Scotland (see also SCOTS).

Derivative

Scottishness n.

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scottish

Inhabitant

N inhabitant, resident, residentiary, dweller, indweller, addressee, occupier, occupant, householder, lodger, inmate, tenant, incumbent, sojourner, locum tenens, commorant, settler, squatter, backwoodsman, colonist, islander, denizen, citizen, burgher, oppidan, cockney, cit, townsman, burgess, villager, cottager, cottier, cotter, compatriot, backsettler, boarder, hotel keeper, innkeeper, habitant, paying guest, planter, native, indigene, aborigines, autochthones, Englishman, John Bull, newcomer, aboriginal, American, Caledonian, Cambrian, Canadian, Canuck, downeaster, Scot, Scotchman, Hibernian, Irishman, Welshman, Uncle Sam, Yankee, Brother Jonathan, garrison, crew, population, people, colony, settlement, household, mir, indigenous, native, natal, autochthonal, autochthonous, British, English, American, Canadian, Irish, Scotch, Scottish, Welsh, domestic, domiciliated, domiciled, naturalized, vernacular, domesticated, domiciliary, in the occupation of, garrisoned by, occupied by.

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