Definition of Scots

• the dialect of English used in Scotland
• 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"