Definition of scot Scot

/skɑˈt/ - [skat] - scot

We found 9 definitions of scot from 6 different sources.

What does scot mean?

Noun
scot - a native or inhabitant of Scotland
		Scotsman, Scotchman
		european a native or inhabitant of Europe
		scotland one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
		scotchwoman, scotswoman a woman who is a Scot
		glaswegian an inhabitant of Glasgow
		highland scot, scottish highlander, highlander a native of the Highlands of Scotland

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scot (Noun)
A local tax, paid originally to the lord or ruler and later to a sheriff.

scot (n.)
A name for a horse.
scot (n.)
A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scotsman, or Scotchman.
scot (n.)
A portion of money assessed or paid; a tax or contribution; a mulct; a fine; a shot.

scot
skot, n. a payment, esp. a customary tax—also Shot.—adj. Scot′-free, free from scot or payment: untaxed: unhurt, safe.—Scot and lot, an old legal phrase embracing all parochial assessments for the poor, the church, lighting, cleansing, and watching. [A.S. scot, sceot—scéotan, to shoot.]
scot
skot, n. a native of Scotland: one of the Scoti or Scots, a Celtic race who migrated from Ireland—the original Scotia—before the end of the 5th century.—n. Scō′tia, Scotland.—Scots Greys, a famous regiment of dragoons, established in 1683; Scots Guards, the Scottish force which served the kings of France from 1418 down to the battle of Minden (1759), nominally retained, however, down to 1830: a well-known regiment of Guards in the British army, formerly Scots Fusiliers.—Pound Scots, 1s. 8d. [A.S. Scottas, the Scots. Further ety. quite uncertain, whether Gael. sguit, a wanderer, Gr. Skythēs, a Scythian, &c.]

scot
Anglo-Saxon sceat. A share of anything; a contribution in fair proportion.

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