- Of or pertaining to the Scotch; Scotch; Scottish; as, Scots
law; a pound Scots (1s. 8d.).
Meaning of 'scots' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . scots
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Meaning (1): - of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language
Example in sentence:
Scots Gaelic;
the Scots community in New York;
`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';
`Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'