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• plural of Scot.

Scots

American  

[skots] / skɒts /

noun

1. Also called Scottish.  the English language as spoken in Scotland.

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adjective

1. Scottish.

Scots British  

/ skɒts /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Scotland, its people, their English dialects, or their Gaelic language

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noun

1. any of the English dialects spoken or written in Scotland See also Lallans

Commonly Confused

See Scotch.

Etymology

Origin of Scots

1325–75; syncopated form of Scottis, Middle English, variant (north) of Scottish

Example Sentences

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Scots

The Scots thinker did not invent many of the economic concepts in his most influential book.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

For his advocacy of English prose in the sweet and easy styles of Joseph Addison and Jonathan Swift, the Scots bookworm has been heralded as “a founder of the study of English in universities.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Swimmer Duncan Scott, who won his fourth Commonwealth gold, then added: "Haud your wheesht" - a traditional Scots phrase meaning "be quiet."

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

Scots singer Cammy Barnes is to play Razorlight's spot on the main stage.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

Beginning with Andrew Jackson in 1829, seventeen presidents of the United States have been of Ulster Scots lineage, including Ronald Reagan, the Bushes, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz