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Scots
[skots] Pronunciation Key
[skots] Pronunciation Key –noun
–adjective
| 1. | Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland. Compare Scots Gaelic. |
| 2. | Scottish (def. 1). |
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| scot
(skŏt) Pronunciation Key
n. Money assessed or paid. [Middle English, tax, partly from Old Norse skot and partly from Old French escot, of Germanic origin; see skeud- in Indo-European roots.] |
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| Scot
(skŏt) Pronunciation Key
n.
[From Middle English Scottes, Scotsmen, from Old English Scottas, Scotsmen, Irishmen, from Late Latin Scottī, Irishmen.] |
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| Scots
(skŏts) Pronunciation Key
adj. Scottish. See Usage Note at Scottish. n. The language traditionally spoken by people living in the Lowlands of Scotland. Scots is sometimes classified as a variety of English and sometimes as a separate language. [Middle English scottis, variant of scottisc, Scottish, from Scotte, sing. of Scottes, Scotsmen; see Scot.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| scots | |
adjective | |
| 1. | of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language; "Scots Gaelic"; "the Scots community in New York"; "'Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in 'The Scottish Symphony' or 'Scottish authors' or 'Scottish mountains'"; "'Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen phrases as 'Scotch broth' or 'Scotch whiskey' or 'Scotch plaid'" |
noun | |
| 1. | the dialect of English used in Scotland [syn: Scottish] |
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Scots
Scots\, a. [For older Scottis Scottish. See Scottish.] Of or pertaining to the Scotch; Scotch; Scottish; as, Scots law; a pound Scots (1s. 8d.).
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