scotsman

Other forms of scotsman

plural

scotsmans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about scotsman

What does scotsman mean?

scotsman means "a native or inhabitant of Scotland".

How many syllables are in scotsman?

scotsman has 2 syllables: scot-sman. The stress falls on "scot". In IPA it is /ˈskɑtsmən/.

What is another word for scotsman?

Close synonyms include Scot, Scotchman. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scotsman a common word?

scotsman is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.