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Scott

proper nounnouninterjectioncommon in dialogue

  • //skɒt//

An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Scottish ancestry.

proper noun

  1. 1

    An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Scottish ancestry.

    Renee Walters and Ashley Scott started the campaign to buy Freedom after Walters saw a viral post about buying a town “for the price of a New York apartment.”

  2. 2

    A male given name transferred from the surname.

    Then there’s Billy Long, a former auctioneer and Republican congressman who Trump nominated and was confirmed less than two months ago to head the Internal Revenue Service, with “little background in tax policy beyond promoting a fraud-riddled tax credit”. Long has already been fired after clashing with the treasury secretary, Scott Bessent. Long was the sixth person to head the IRS this year.

  3. 3

    A placename: A municipality of La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.

  4. 4

    A placename: A town in the Rural Municipality of Tramping Lake, No. 380, Saskatchewan, Canada.

  5. 5

    A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lonoke County and Pulaski County, Arkansas.

  6. 6

    A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Georgia.

  7. 7

    A placename: A number of places in the United States: A small unincorporated community in Van Buren Township, LaGrange County, Indiana.

  8. 8

    A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.

  9. 9

    A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Cole County, Missouri.

  10. 10

    A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Cortland County, New York.

  11. 11

    A placename: A number of places in the United States: A village in Paulding County and Van Wert County, Ohio.

  12. 12

    A placename: A number of places in the United States: A former unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia.

  13. 13

    A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Brown County, Wisconsin.

  14. 14

    A placename: A number of places in the United States: A small town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.

  15. 15

    A placename: A number of places in the United States: A small town in Columbia County, Wisconsin.

  16. 16

    A placename: A number of places in the United States: A small town in Crawford County, Wisconsin.

  17. 17

    A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin.

  18. 18

    A placename: A number of places in the United States: A small town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.

  19. 19

    A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.

  20. 20

    A placename: A number of places in the United States: A number of townships in the United States, listed under Scott Township.

noun

  1. 1

    The Scott catalogue of postage stamps.

interjection

  1. 1

    Variant of great ScottAlternative form of great Scott.

    “Why, I have to find work for the thirty thousand that comes out of the coal, haven't I?” “Scott, what a head! I never thought of that. How are you getting along? Where have you arrived?”

Forms

plural
Scotts
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