: scottish
—used especially of the people and language and in legal context
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
The 168-acre site is located on the Bannockburn campus of the Scots College, a Presbyterian boys’ school.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 May 2025
Most of the wood used is local cypress and cedar, but some is Scots pine.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 25 Apr. 2025
The Scots were only concerned with the present on Saturday night at Mission College.
—Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
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She’s also navigated big-budget prestige dramas (Darkest Hour), tricky biopics (Mary Queen of Scots), musical crowd-pleasers (Yesterday) and has remained a key figure in Working Title’s ongoing evolution under Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
The 168-acre site is located on the Bannockburn campus of the Scots College, a Presbyterian boys’ school.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 May 2025
Most of the wood used is local cypress and cedar, but some is Scots pine.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 25 Apr. 2025
The Scots were only concerned with the present on Saturday night at Mission College.
—Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Scots.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Scots. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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Scots
1 of 2 adjectiveScots
2 of 2 noun
: the English language of Scotland
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