Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to Scotland or its people, language, or culture.
- noun Scots English.
- noun The people of Scotland.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Scotland or its inhabitants; pertaining to the form of English peculiar to Scotland, or to the literature written in it; Scotch: as, Scottish scenery; Scottish traits. See
Scotch .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of a person, native to or born in
Scotland . - adjective Of a thing or concept, of or pertaining to
Scotland . - proper noun The people of
Scotland .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language
- noun the dialect of English used in Scotland
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Scottish.
Examples
-
All of this, in some combination, may have engendered the term Scottish Rite.
Shadow of the Sentinel WARREN GETLER 2003
-
The higher-degree Scottish Rite is believed to have migrated to American shores in the second half of the eighteenth century, most likely from France and the French West Indies colony of Santo Domingo.42 Recall, many Scottish Masons had fled to France during political and social unrest in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, hence the name Scottish Rite, according to some Masonic authorities.
Shadow of the Sentinel WARREN GETLER 2003
-
It depends what you describe as Scottish MPs and I expect the same goes for the Welsh, the SNP voted against and I am sure Plaid did as well, as for the other branch membership i very much doubt it.
-
Ewan McVicar in We’ll Ne’er Forget the People, a pamphlet specially written for the Centre, defines the term Scottish political song as "a loose one, which can encompass protest, political comment, social history, and narrative that supports
Them and Us 2002
-
But company president Mike Rangel says he prefers kooky brew names, plus the term Scottish describes the style (after all, this is the brewery that's given us the brew handles Shiva,
Smoky Mountain News 2010
-
But according to an intriguing snippet on the Scotsman website, the town played a part in Scottish rock history too:
-
Liberal England: Market Harborough's place in Scottish rock history. comment-link {margin-left:. 6em;}
-
The first minister hoped to use that cash to kick-start the green investment bank and get the EIB to match it with European renewables funding; the £360m would then be used for a massive investment programme in Scottish renewables ports and infrastructure.
Scotland launches £70m wind energy fund Severin Carrell 2010
-
I see this in Scottish writing, IMO, and I know Scott Bakker has talked about it in respect to Canadian writing -- a more institutionalised aversion to the abjected "genre".
What is Literary Fiction? Hal Duncan 2009
-
Market Harborough's place in Scottish rock history
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.