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Scots
Scots S0159800 (skŏts)adj. Scottish. See Usage Note at Scottish.n. The language traditionally spoken by people living in the Lowlands of Scotland. Scots is sometimes classified as a variety of English and sometimes as a separate language.
[Middle English scottis, variant of scottisc, Scottish, from Scotte, sing. of Scottes, Scotsmen; see Scot.]Scots (skɒts) adj1. (Peoples) of, relating to, or characteristic of Scotland, its people, their English dialects, or their Gaelic language2. (Languages) of, relating to, or characteristic of Scotland, its people, their English dialects, or their Gaelic language3. (Placename) of, relating to, or characteristic of Scotland, its people, their English dialects, or their Gaelic languagen (Languages) any of the English dialects spoken or written in Scotland. See also LallansScots (skɒts)
n. 1. any of the dialects of English spoken historically in the Lowlands of Scotland: influenced increasingly by the English of S England since the late 16th century. adj. 2. Scottish. [1325–75; syncopated form of Scottis] usage: See Scotch. ScotsA Celtic people from northern Ireland colonizing Argyll in the 5th century and giving their name to Scotland.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Scots - the dialect of English used in ScotlandScots English, ScottishEnglish, English language - an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countriesLallans, Scottish Lallans - a dialect of English spoken in the Lowlands of ScotlandScotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts | | Adj. | 1. | Scots - 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 |
Scotsadjective Scottish, Caledonian Scots law differs in many respects from English law.TranslationsScots
Scots1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Scotland, its people, their English dialects, or their Gaelic language 2. any of the English dialects spoken or written in Scotland Scots a group of Celtic tribes. The Scots are first mentioned by later Roman writers, in connection with raids by Scots and Picts into the Roman province of Britain. They originally lived in Ireland, and this explains why “Scottia” is one of the names by which Ireland is known in Roman sources. Subsequently—probably in the middle of the first millennium A.D.—some of the Scots resettled in northern Britain. Here, after subduing the Picts, they founded a kingdom in the mid-ninth century that came to be called Scotland.
Scots a nation (natsiia, nation in the historical sense) inhabiting the northern half of the island of Great Britain and adjacent islands. According to a 1975 estimate, the Scots number more than 5.2 million. Often the Scots are counted together with the Gaels, the remaining descendants of the Celtic-speaking population of the Highlands. Scottish immigrants and their descendants also live in the USA (250,000), Canada (more than 200,000), Australia (more than 150,000), and New Zealand (more than 50,000). The Scots speak a dialect of English; their literary language is English. The majority are Presbyterians, although approximately 15 percent are Catholics. The Scots are descended from local tribes of Picts and from Celtic tribes called Scots, who came from Ireland in the fifth and sixth centuries. In the seventh century these tribes partly intermingled with Germanic tribes of Angles and Saxons that had arrived in Scotland and whose language they adopted. The Scottish nationality formed during the consolidation of the Scottish state (11th century) and the struggle against the English conquerors. The political union of Scotland with England in the early 18th century and the British government’s policy of assimilating the Scots did not succeed in fusing the Scots with the English. In certain features of their traditional culture and daily life, the Scots resemble the Irish. In the Highlands, the clan system was preserved into the 18th century. Elements of the traditional male costume, such as the kilt, the plaid, and knitted knee socks, have been retained, as have special foods and holidays. The Scots have a singing tradition that goes back to the historical ballad and the heroic Celtic tale. REFERENCENarody zarubezhnoi Evropy, vol. 2. Moscow, 1965.V. I. KOZLOV SCOTS
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Scots
Related to Scots: Scots language, Scots IrishSynonyms for Scotsadj ScottishSynonymsSynonyms for Scotsnoun the dialect of English used in ScotlandSynonymsRelated Words- English
- English language
- Lallans
- Scottish Lallans
- Scotland
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