Scots

American

[skots] / skɒts /

noun

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

adjective

Scottish.

Scots British

/ skɒts /

adjective

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

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noun

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

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Commonly Confused

See Scotch.

Etymology

Origin of Scots

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

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