scots(a = adj.pert) scotch, scottish - 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'"
Scots, adj. & n. esp. Sc.
--adj.
1 = SCOTTISH adj.
2 in the dialect, accent, etc., of (esp. Lowlands) Scotland.
--n.
1 = SCOTTISH n.
2 the form of English spoken in (esp. Lowlands) Scotland.