scot

Speech parts

1. scot - Noun

2. Scot - Proper noun

Meaning

A name for a horse.

A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scotsman, or Scotchman.

A portion of money assessed or paid; a tax or contribution; a mulct; a fine; a shot.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

Scot.

Synonyms

scotsman scots tax duty assessment impost scotchman scottish gael highlander scotch Scott anchorage levy bill
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Antonyms

release remain stay beg

Hypernyms

european

Hyponyms

highlander lowlander Glaswegian Scotswoman Scotchwoman Scottish Highlander

Phrases with the word

scot-free get away scot-free soul scot or soulshot free of scot get off scot-free go scot-free

Anagrams

cost CSTO COTS OCTS OSTC OTSC otcs

Examples

Nobody thought Mel Gibson could play a Scot but look at him now! An Alcoholic racist! Frankie Boyle

Have paid scot and lot there any time this eighteen years. Ben Jonson

I respect the view of every Scot and every person living in Scotland. And I do so with a clear sense of my own responsibility to lead change and to argue for what I believe is in the Scottish national interest. Alex Salmond

Ricardo, writing fifty years later than Smith, showed a greater insight into the working of the economic system; but as for the subtlety (whatever demerit there may be in that!) the Scot does not lose by comparison with the Jew. Eric Roll, Baron Roll of Ipsden

I would rather have a Scot come from Scotland to govern the people of this kingdom well and justly than that you should govern them ill in the sight of all the world. Louis IX of France

It is very savoury to eat scot free. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Scorzoneroides autumnalis Scorzoneroides muelleri scoss scot and lot scot-free scotal