scots

• (a) 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"
  Scotch, Scottish,

Nouns

• (n) the dialect of English used in Scotland Scots English, Scottish,

Synonyms

Words of close approximity