noun
Scot
SKOT
noun
1
A person from Scotland.
"He's a proud Scot who never misses a rugby international."
2
Historical: a local tax once paid to a lord or, later, a sheriff.
"Villagers were required to pay scot to the local lord."
How to Use Scot
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMost commonly just means "a Scottish person"; the tax sense survives mainly in the phrase "scot-free."
Common pairings
get off scot-free
Word Forms
Scots plural, Scots plural, scots plural, scots plural
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Etymology
From Old English Scottas, "people from Ireland" (later Scotland), from Late Latin Scotti.