adjective, noun
adjective of or connected with Scotland, and especially with the English language as spoken in Scotland or the Scots language:
He spoke with a Scots accent. * She comes from an old Scots family.
noun [U] a language spoken in Scotland, closely related to English but with many differences
compareGAELIC -< SCOTTISH
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for Scots is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does Scots appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — Scots appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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