Scottish
Americanadjective
noun
Commonly Confused
See Scotch.
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Etymology
Origin of Scottish
First recorded before 900; Middle English, from Late Latin Scott(us) Scot + -ish 1; replacing Old English Scyttisc
Example Sentences
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The Scottish government introduced guidance allowing head teachers to introduce phone bans in schools in 2024.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
"Teacher numbers have increased by more than 2,700 over the last decade thanks to Scottish government investment," said a spokesperson.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Last year there was only one teacher in the state education sector whose main subject was economics when the Scottish government's annual teacher census was carried out.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Just before the Scotland news conference at their palatial Charlotte base camp, three Norwegian reporters fetched up in search of Scottish retaliatory thunder.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
He was not, by all contemporary Scottish accounts, the treacherous bastard Shakespeare makes him out to be.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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