nnoun.communicationthe dialect of English used in ScotlandRegion:Scotland
Synset:Scots Scots English Scottish
Derivationally Related Form:ScottishScots
Hypernyms:English English language
Inherited Hypernyms:scottishenglishwest germanicgermanicindo-europeannatural languagelanguagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:LallansScottish Lallans
nnoun.persona native or inhabitant of ScotlandSynset:Scot Scotchman Scotsman
Member Holonyms:Scotland
Hypernyms:European
Inherited Hypernyms:scoteuropeaninhabitantpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:scoteuropeaninhabitantpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:GlaswegianHighland ScotHighlanderLowland ScotLowlanderScotchwomanScotswomanScottish HighlanderScottish Lowlander
Full Hyponyms:glaswegianhighlanderlowlanderscotswoman
adjadj.pertof or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic languageSynset:Scotch Scots Scottish
Examples:- 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'
Derivationally Related Form:ScottishScots
Pertainyms:Scotland
Inherited Hypernyms:scots