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Scotsman

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈskɑts.mən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S K AA1 T S M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A man from Scotland; a Scot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Sandy, Sawney, Scotchman, Scottishman

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Scot

2

noun

Meaning 2

a native or inhabitant of Scotland

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Scot, Scotchman

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: European

Narrower terms: Scotswoman, Scotchwoman, Glaswegian, Highlander, Scottish Highlander, Highland Scot, Lowlander, Scottish Lowlander, Lowland Scot

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Scottisman. By surface analysis, Scots + -man.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِسْكُتْلَنْدِيّ (ʔiskutlandiyy) — a man from Scotland
  • Asturian: escocés — a man from Scotland
  • Belarusian: шатла́ндзец (šatlándzjec) — a man from Scotland
  • Belarusian: шатля́ндзец (šatljándzjec) — a man from Scotland
  • Bulgarian: шотла́ндец (šotlándec) — a man from Scotland
  • Catalan: escocès — a man from Scotland
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蘇格蘭人 /苏格兰人 (sūgélánrén) — a man from Scotland
  • Czech: Skot — a man from Scotland
  • Danish: skotte — a man from Scotland
  • Dutch: Schot — a man from Scotland
  • French: Écossais — a man from Scotland
  • Galician: escocés — a man from Scotland
  • German: Schotte — a man from Scotland
  • Icelandic: Skoti — a man from Scotland
  • Irish: Albanach — a man from Scotland
  • Italian: scozzese — a man from Scotland
  • Japanese: スコットランド人 (sukottorandojin) — a man from Scotland
  • Korean: 스코틀랜드인 (seukoteullaendeu'in) — a man from Scotland
  • Korean: 스코틀랜드 사람 (seukoteullaendeu saram) — a man from Scotland
  • Latvian: skots — a man from Scotland
  • Lithuanian: škòtas — a man from Scotland
  • Macedonian: Шкот (Škot) — a man from Scotland
  • Macedonian: Шкотланѓанец (Škotlanǵanec) — a man from Scotland
  • Norwegian: skotte — a man from Scotland
  • Polish: Szkot — a man from Scotland
  • Portuguese: escocês — a man from Scotland
  • Romanian: scoțian — a man from Scotland
  • Russian: шотла́ндец (šotlándec) — a man from Scotland
  • Scots: Scot — a man from Scotland
  • Scots: Scotsman — a man from Scotland
  • Scottish Gaelic: Albannach — a man from Scotland
  • Serbo-Croatian: Шко̏т — a man from Scotland
  • Serbo-Croatian: Škȍt — a man from Scotland
  • Slovak: Škót — a man from Scotland
  • Slovene: Škot — a man from Scotland
  • Spanish: escocés — a man from Scotland
  • Swedish: skotte — a man from Scotland
  • Ukrainian: шотла́ндець (šotlándecʹ) — a man from Scotland
Real reading context

Scotsman in complete knowledge articles