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# scotsman

«scotsman» in Mova's school dictionary: **a man from Scotland** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a Scotsman, Scotsmen)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A Scotsman is a man from Scotland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scotsman/#m1)

2) «The Scotsman» is the name of a newspaper in Edinburgh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scotsman/#m2)

3) «The Flying Scotsman» is a famous steam train that ran between London and Edinburgh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scotsman/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and history lessons it names people of Scotland: a Scotswoman is a woman, and «Scots» or «Scottish people» covers everyone. Phrases: «a proud Scotsman», «the Flying Scotsman».

### examples

- The Scotsman wore a kilt at the wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scotsman/#x1)
- My grandad is a Scotsman from Glasgow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scotsman/#x2)
- The Flying Scotsman is a famous steam engine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scotsman/#x3)
- A Scotsman, an Englishman and an Irishman walked into a joke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scotsman/#x4)
- Alexander Graham Bell, who worked on the telephone, was a Scotsman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scotsman/#x5)
- We saw the Flying Scotsman at the railway museum in York. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scotsman/#x6)
- On the second morning the Scotsman saw from the top of his tree a great castle far away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scotsman/#x7)

### note

Write it with a capital S: Scotsman. Plural: Scotsmen. People from Scotland are «Scottish» or «Scots», not «Scotch»; «Scotch» is used for whisky and some foods (Scotch egg). For a woman: Scotswoman.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scotsman» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scotsman/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.