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Synonyms for Scots in English

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Scots:
- Scots; Scottish; Scotch
- Scottish; Scots; Scots English

English

Detailed Synonyms for Scots in English

Scots:

Scots adj

Scots

– of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language ¹
Scots; Scottish; Scotch
– of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language ¹
- Scots adj
  - Scots Gaelic¹
  - the Scots community in New York¹
- Scottish adj
  - `Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'¹
  - `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'¹
- Scotch adj
  - `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'¹

Scots [the ~] noun

the Scots

– the dialect of English used in Scotland ¹
the Scottish; the Scots; the Scots English
– the dialect of English used in Scotland ¹
- Scottish [the ~] noun
- Scots [the ~] noun
- Scots English [the ~] noun

Related Definitions for "Scots":

of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language¹
- Scots Gaelic¹
- the Scots community in New York¹
the dialect of English used in Scotland¹

Related Synonyms for Scots

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