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Scots

[skots]

noun

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



adjective

  1. Scottish.

Scots

/ ɒٲ /

adjective

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Confusables Note

See Scotch.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Scots1

1325–75; syncopated form of Scottis, Middle English, variant (north) of Scottish
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Dame Jackie Baillie, the deputy leader of Scottish Labour, claimed the Tories are on the side of oil and gas companies "rather than working Scots".

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Scotland has already created a devolved benefit of £100 for all pensioner households, potentially leaving hundreds of thousands of Scots worse off than their counterparts in England and Wales.

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The snarling Scots who bloodied the noses of Spain were nowhere to be seen.

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So there may well be more SNP/Labour/Reform fights to come when Scots go to the polls next year.

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However Melissa Andreatta thought her first away day with the Scots would go, this scenario would not have been in any script.

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