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

And seven decades earlier, Hearts missed out on the 1915 championship, because 13 of its players abruptly left the team: They had enlisted in the Royal Scots battalion to go fight in the Great War.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

"Why is it so expensive because it's in the States? It's making us look bad a little bit," said Andrew Pollock, CEO of the Scots American Club.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

He added that his party would lower taxes, cut welfare spending and get Scots out of poverty by providing good jobs.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

The debate, at the Signet Library in Edinburgh, came little over a week before Scots head to the polls on 7 May.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

The Ulster Scots had a key role in shaping not just the geography of the United States but also its political leadership.

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