(n) queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567; as a Catholic she was forced to abdicate in favor of her son and fled to England where she was imprisoned by Elizabeth I; when Catholic supporters plotted to put her on the English throne she was tried and executed for sedition (1542-1587), Syn. Mary Stuart
(adj) of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language, Syn. Scottish, Scotch, Example: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'
(n) common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere, Syn. Calluna vulgaris, ling, broom, Scots heather
a. [ For older Scottis Scottish. See Scottish. ] Of or pertaining to the Scotch; Scotch; Scottish; as, Scots law; a pound Scots (1s. 8d.). [ 1913 Webster ]