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Scot
(skŏt)n.
1.
a. A native or inhabitant of Scotland.
b. A person of Scottish ancestry.
2. A member of the ancient Gaelic tribe that migrated to the northern part of Britain from Ireland in about the sixth century ad. See Usage Note at Scottish.
[From Middle English Scottes, Scotsmen, from Old English Scottas, Scotsmen, Irishmen, from Late Latin Scottī, Irishmen.]
scot
(skŏt)n.
Money assessed or paid.
[Middle English, tax, partly from Old Norse skot and partly from Old French escot, of Germanic origin; see skeud- in Indo-European roots.]
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Scot
(skɒt)n
1. (Peoples) a native or inhabitant of Scotland
2. (Historical Terms) 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
3. (Peoples) 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
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scot
(skɒt)n.
an assessment or tax.
[1200–50; Middle English < Old Norse skattr tax, treasure; c. Old English gescot payment]
Scot
(skɒt)n.
1. a native or inhabitant of Scotland.
2. a member of a group of Irish raiders who shortly before a.d. 500 established a kingdom in the territory of modern Argyll, introducing Gaelic speech and Irish Christianity to the area that became Scotland.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English Scottas (pl.) < Late Latin Scottī]
usage: See Scotch.
Scot.
1. Scotland.
2. Scottish.
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| Noun | 1. |  Scot - a native or inhabitant of Scotland 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 European - a native or inhabitant of Europe Scotchwoman, Scotswoman - a woman who is a Scot Glaswegian - an inhabitant of Glasgow |
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Translations
Skot
skotte
šotlanešotlanna
skotlantilainen
Škot
スコットランド人
스코틀랜드 사람
skotte
ชาวสกอต
người Scotland
Scot
[skɒt] N → escocés/esa m/fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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→ اِسْكُتْلانْدِيّ Skot skotte Schotte Σκωτσέζος escocés skotlantilainen Écossais Škot scozzese スコットランド人 스코틀랜드 사람 Schots skotte Szkot escocês шотландец skotte ชาวสกอต İskoç người Scotland 苏格兰人Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009