scot
pronunciation
How to pronounce scot in British English:
UK [skɒt]
How to pronounce scot in American English:
US [skɑːt]
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- Noun:
- a native or inhabitant of Scotland
Word Origin
- Scot (n.)
- Old English Scottas (plural) "inhabitants of Ireland, Irishmen," from Late Latin Scotti (c. 400), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Celtic (but answering to no known tribal name; Irish Scots appears to be a Latin borrowing). The name followed the Irish tribe which invaded Scotland 6c. C.E. after the Romans withdrew from Britain, and after the time of Alfred the Great the Old English word described only the Irish who had settled in the northwest of Britain.
Example
- 1. Anyone expecting of this scot a high-minded , humourless puritan would have been surprised .
- 2. " Being a scot I value value , " says the 70-year-old new york-based businessman .
- 3. Like with this morning 's only negative diagnosis , the young scot , fresh in from the gold fields .
- 4. As cynics pointed out , mr brown should appreciate the advantages of an identity capacious enough to allow a scot to govern england .
- 5. Since reaching the semi-finals of the us open earlier this summer , the scot has captured titles in bangkok , tokyo and shanghai .