Definitions for Scott
skɒtscott

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Scott, George C. Scottnoun

   award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)

2. Scott, Robert Scott, Robert Falcon Scottnoun

   English explorer who reached the South Pole just a month after Amundsen; he and his party died on the return journey (1868-1912)

3. Scott, Winfield Scottnoun

   United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866)

4. Scott, Walter Scott, Sir Walter Scottnoun

   British author of historical novels and ballads (1771-1832)

5. Scott, Dred Scottnoun

   United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state; caused the Supreme Court to declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional (1795?-1858)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Scottnoun

   An English ethnic surname for someone with Scottish ancestry.

2. Scottnoun

   transferred from the surname.

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1. scott

   Scott is a masculine given name of Scottish origin. It comes from the Scoti people who settled what is now Scotland. It was originally used as a surname before becoming a common first name. In some contexts, 'Scott' could also denote a person who is from Scotland or of Scottish descent. Additionally, Scott can refer to several locations in the United States and Canada or even several fictional characters in books and movies.

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1. scott

   Song lyrics by scott -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by scott on the Lyrics.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SCOTT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Scott is ranked #36 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Scott surname appeared 439,530 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 149 would have the surname Scott.
   
   60.2% or 264,641 total occurrences were White.
   32.9% or 144,693 total occurrences were Black.
   2.5% or 11,384 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.5% or 11,340 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.1% or 5,186 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.5% or 2,242 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Actor
   • Author
   • Explorer
   • General
   • Slave

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Scott' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3203

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Scott' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2706

How to pronounce Scott?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Scott in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Scott in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Scott in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Scott in a Sentence

1. John Barrasso:

   I welcome the questions and points made in the letter circulated by Senators Rick Scott, Lee and Johnson.

2. Dearrick DeSaussure:

   I'm trying to get over the shooting of Walter Scott and now we're getting hit with this hand grenade, this atomic bomb. How do you explain this to yourself? This was a racially motivated shooting. It wasn't a gas leak.

3. Keith Ellison:

   Our country has gone through some ugly days. The Supreme Court in the 1850s said that it was OK to own a black person, that was the Dred Scott decision. That decision hit the dust bin of history... and United States will too.

4. Steve Deace:

   It will be interesting to see how Scott Walker performs in this environment. I think we have to see if this [debate] diminishes his stature or he is able to craft an everyman persona who is a nice contrast to the bigger personalities.

5. Lori Marko:

   We're watching everybody, only met Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker twice, i liked what Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker had to say more this time, now that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's got more teeth into what Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker policies are, what Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's going to do. And I like what I'm hearing for our veterans, for our security, for Obamacare. ... It's more in line what I was thinking, but I wanted to hear what he had to say first. Bill Marko looked into Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker after reading Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker book.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Scott
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Scott
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html