Scots

[skots]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

adjective

Scottish.

Scots

/ ��ɒ�ٲ� /

adjective

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

noun

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

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Confusables Note

See Scotch.

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Word 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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