: scottish
—used especially of the people and language and in legal context
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Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024
Related Articles For that collection, designer Maria Grazia Chiuri drew inspiration from Mary Queen of Scots.
—Violet Goldstone, WWD, 24 Sep. 2024
The Kickers were founded in 1951 by six German ex-pats and played in a highly competitive league against other immigrant teams with names such as the Swiss Soccer club, the Los Angeles Scots, the San Pedro Italians and Austria F.C.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024
Then the Bruins held on for dear life as the Scots recovered a pair of onside kicks and nearly got their hands on a third after pulling within five at 44-39 with 56 seconds left.
—Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Smith was born between Christmas and New Year in 1934, in the inauspicious town of Ilford, Essex, where her father worked in a laboratory and her mother, who was of Scots origin, worked as a secretary.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024
Related Articles For that collection, designer Maria Grazia Chiuri drew inspiration from Mary Queen of Scots.
—Violet Goldstone, WWD, 24 Sep. 2024
The Kickers were founded in 1951 by six German ex-pats and played in a highly competitive league against other immigrant teams with names such as the Swiss Soccer club, the Los Angeles Scots, the San Pedro Italians and Austria F.C.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024
Then the Bruins held on for dear life as the Scots recovered a pair of onside kicks and nearly got their hands on a third after pulling within five at 44-39 with 56 seconds left.
—Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Scots.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Scots. Accessed 8 Oct. 2024.
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Scots
1 of 2 adjectiveScots
2 of 2 noun
: the English language of Scotland
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