SCOTS ENGLISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Scots English mean? 

• SCOTS ENGLISH (noun)
  The noun SCOTS ENGLISH has 1 sense:

1. the language, languages or the dialect of English used in Scotland

  Familiarity information: SCOTS ENGLISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCOTS ENGLISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The language, languages or the dialect of English used in Scotland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Scots; Scots English; Scottish

Hypernyms ("Scots English" is a kind of...):

English; English language (an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries)

Domain region:

Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Scots English"):

Lallans; Scottish Lallans (a dialect of English spoken in the Lowlands of Scotland)