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

1. Scots.

2. Scottish.

Scot.

⁴

abbreviation

1. Scotch.

2. Scotland.

3. Scottish.

Scot.

¹

abbreviation

1. Scotch (whisky)

2. Scotland

3. Scottish

Scot

²

/ skɒt /

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

Confusables Note

See Scotch.

Word 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 Scottī “the Irish”

Idioms and Phrases

see get off (scot-free).

Example Sentences

Truist analyst Scot Ciccarelli, in a research note on Thursday on Target’s layoffs, estimated that the savings from the cuts could come in at around $90 million to $100 million.

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The Scot brought a thermometer to last year’s contest.

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Toffees manager David Moyes approached Haaland at full-time and when asked what the conversation was about, the Scot replied: "I wish he had been somewhere else! Most managers will be thinking the same."

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Scot Blair Kinghorn for Toulouse and Pau's English fly-half Joe Simmonds exchanged a pair of penalties each as the champions led 20-13 at the break.

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But the smile - and the music - is still very much all around for the chart-topping Scot.

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