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scot

1

[ skot ]

noun

History/Historical.
  1. a payment or charge.
  2. one's share of a payment or charge.
  3. an assessment or tax.


Scot

2

[ skot ]

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Scotland.
  2. one of an ancient Gaelic people who came from northern Ireland about the 6th century a.d. and settled in the northwestern part of Great Britain, and after whom Scotland was named.

Scot

3

abbreviation for

Scot.

4

abbreviation for

  1. Scotch.
  2. Scotland.
  3. Scottish.

Scot.

1

abbreviation for

  1. Scotch (whisky)
  2. Scotland
  3. Scottish
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scot

2

/ ɒ /

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Scotland
  2. a member of a tribe of Celtic raiders from the north of Ireland who carried out periodic attacks against the British mainland coast from the 3rd century ad , eventually settling in N Britain during the 5th and 6th centuries
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Confusables Note

See Scotch.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of scot1

1200–50; Middle English < Old Norse skattr tax, treasure; cognate with Old English gescot payment

Origin of scot2

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English Scottas (plural), from Late Latin dzٳī “the Irish”
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Idioms and Phrases

see get off (scot-free) .
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Example Sentences

But that has not been the only venue to have caused the Scot problems.

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Scot Sauder, deputy university counsel for the University of New Mexico, which oversees the Office of the Medical Investigator, argued that although autopsy photos are public records, they are “incredibly invasive, are very much disturbing and can be quite traumatic and embarrassing to family and their kin.”

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One example was a letter from a Scot who'd moved to the island of Madeira, off the north west coast of Africa.

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The German, who also beat the Scot in straight sets at the Australian Open, needed just one hour, 14 minutes to wrap up a 6-2 6-4 victory.

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Two core pillars of the recently-retired Scot's team - physiotherapist Shane Annun and fitness coach Matt Little - are now part of Draper's inner circle.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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