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Scots

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Scots  (skts)
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.]

Scots [skɒts]
adj
(Social Science / Peoples) (Linguistics / Languages) (Placename) of, relating to, or characteristic of Scotland, its people, their English dialects, or their Gaelic language
n
(Linguistics / Languages) any of the English dialects spoken or written in Scotland See also Lallans
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ScotsScots - the dialect of English used in Scotland
English, English language - an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
Lallans, Scottish Lallans - a dialect of English spoken in the Lowlands of Scotland
Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
Adj.1.Scots - 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'"

Scots
adjective Scottish, Caledonian Scots law differs in many respects from English law.
Translations
Scots [skɒts]
A. ADJescocés
a Scots accentun acento escocés
Scots pinepino m escocés
B. N (Ling) → escocés m

Scots [ˈskɒts]
adjécossais(e)
a Scots accent → un accent écossais
n (= language) → écossais

Scots
adjschottisch
n (= dialect)Schottisch nt; the Scots (= people)die Schotten pl

Scots:
Scots law
nschottisches Recht
Scotsman
nSchotte m
Scots pine
nFöhre f, → (gemeine) Kiefer
Scotswoman
nSchottin f

Scots [skɒts] adjscozzese
Scots [skɒts] adjscozzese

Scots اسكتلانديون skotský skotsk schottisch σκωτσέζικος escoceses skotlantilainen écossais škotski scozzese スコットランドの 스코틀랜드의 Schots skotsk szkocki escocês шотландский skotsk ชาวสก็อต İskoç thuộc Scotland 苏格兰的


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We have seen French and Spanish galleys no further away than Southampton, but I doubt that it will be some time before the Scots find their way to these parts.
He knew there was a vast world outside, to whom Disruption Principles were as the chatter of tree-top apes; the paper brought him chill whiffs from it; he had met Englishmen who had asked lightly if he did not belong to the Church of Scotland, and then had failed to be much interested by his elucidation of that nice point; it was an evil, wild, rebellious world, lying sunk in DOZENEDNESS, for nothing short of a Scots word will paint this Scotsman's feelings.
One of the Scots merchants of Moscow happened to be amongst us; and as soon as he heard the horn, he told us that we had nothing to do but to charge them without loss of time; and drawing us up in a line, he asked if we were resolved.
 
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