Scots

[ skots ]

noun

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

adjective

1. Scottish ( def 1 ).

Scots

/ skɒts /

adjective

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

noun

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

Confusables Note

See Scotch.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Scots¹

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

Example Sentences

Last year it was discovered that an American teenager had created nearly half of the Scots language Wikipedia pages, without actually knowing the language.

From Washington Post

Most of the Scots language edition of Wikipedia was written by an American teenager who doesn’t actually speak the language.

From Quartz

It is a reasonable assumption, considering his roots in the Republican Party, in the Marines, and his proud Scots-Irish roots.

From The Daily Beast

Japanese distillers often use a combination of different types of stills and different casks, whereas the Scots cannot.

From The Daily Beast

One of the most common answers I found when asking Scots about the roots of the myth was poverty.

From The Daily Beast

After the postwar disintegration of the British Empire, Scots curiously disassociated themselves with the period altogether.

From The Daily Beast

And far from being secondary partners, Scots featured disproportionately in overseas imperial exploitation.

From The Daily Beast

At the same time he imperiously insisted on the submission of such Scots as had not yet joined him.

From Project Gutenberg

He had received to the peace some complaisant Scots whose lands or dwellings lay on his northward route.

From Project Gutenberg

Valence seems to have been ready to accept Bruce's challenge, but to have been dissuaded by his Scots friends.

From Project Gutenberg

Meantime this fatal administrative weakness was greatly counterbalanced by the political divisions among the Scots.

From Project Gutenberg

The garrison were making merry in the hall, when the Scots burst in upon them with the Douglas war-cry.

From Project Gutenberg