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Scots       [skots] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland. Compare Scots Gaelic.
–adjective
2.Scottish (def. 1).
[Origin: 1325–75; syncopated form of Scottis, ME, var. (north) of Scottish]

—Usage note See Scotch.
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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.  
  1. A native or inhabitant of Scotland.
  2. A member of the ancient Gaelic tribe that migrated to the northern part of Britain from Ireland in about the sixth century A.D. See Usage Note at Scottish.


[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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Scots 
see Scotch (adj.).

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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