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[ skots ] / skɒts /
nounAlso called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.Compare Scottish Gaelic. Origin of Scots1325–75; syncopated form of Scottis,Middle English, variant (north) of Scottish words often confused with ScotsSee Scotch. WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH ScotsScot, Scots , Scotch, Scottish (see confusables note at Scotch)Words nearby Scotsscotopic, scotopic adaptation, scotopic eye, scotopic vision, scotopsin, Scots, Scots Greys, Scots-Irish, Scotsman, Scots pine, Scotswoman Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ScotsJapanese distillers often use a combination of different types of stills and different casks, whereas the Scots cannot. Watch Out, Scotland! Japanese Whisky Is on the Rise|Kayleigh Kulp|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST After the postwar disintegration of the British Empire, Scots curiously disassociated themselves with the period altogether. Scotland’s ‘Yes’ Campaign and the Myth of Scottish Equality|Noah Caldwell|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST And far from being secondary partners, Scots featured disproportionately in overseas imperial exploitation. Scotland’s ‘Yes’ Campaign and the Myth of Scottish Equality|Noah Caldwell|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Outnumbered five to one in Britain, Scots made up 60 percent of the merchants in Bengal, Calcutta and Madras. Scotland’s ‘Yes’ Campaign and the Myth of Scottish Equality|Noah Caldwell|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Scots better people than to be dependants of London,” he wrote last week. Freeeeedom! Hollywood Fights for Scottish Independence|Nico Hines|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST The lesson in the Scots of the Lothians began, accompanied by sounds of muffled laughter. The Disentanglers|Andrew Lang It is not the business of the Scots, who are incapable of it, and no well-wishers to the church of England. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II.|Tobias Smollett In all these cases the Scots adjective is invariable; the final e, which often occurs, is of no grammatical significance. Thus in Scots Burns was not only more at home, but had a medium in some respects more plastic than English. Robert Burns|William Allan Neilson If I played "Scots, wha hae," he would listen, well pleased. Harper's Young People, March 9, 1880|Various
British Dictionary definitions for Scots
adjectiveof, relating to, or characteristic of Scotland, its people, their English dialects, or their Gaelic language nounany of the English dialects spoken or written in ScotlandSee also Lallans Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |