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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

That’s four games now without one, and the Scots are just 25 minutes away from setting a new - unwanted - record for failing to score.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

But fellow Scots Euan Walker and Connor Syme were among those in a share of 10th place on four under.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

In his most influential work, the Scots thinker united a set of economic precepts into a vision of human flourishing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

As the Ulster Scots arrived in the British colonies, they settled in Pennsylvania and in other British-held areas on the homelands of several Indigenous nations.

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