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Scot

/skɒt/

A local tax, paid originally to the lord or ruler and later to a sheriff.

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📖 Definitions of "Scot"

noun

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A local tax, paid originally to the lord or ruler and later to a sheriff.

🔄 Synonyms of "Scot"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
scotchmannoun	(obsolete) A person from Scotland.
scotsmannoun	A man from Scotland; a Scot.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Scot"

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Word	Definition
scotsmannoun	A man from Scotland; a Scot.
scotchmannoun	(obsolete) A person from Scotland.
scottishnoun	(collective, with definite article, i. e. the Scottish) the people of Scotland.
scotianoun	(poetic) a constituent country of the United Kingdom.
highlandernoun	A person from the Highlands.
glaswegiannoun	A native or resident of Glasgow.
scotlandnoun	A constituent country of the United Kingdom, located in northwest Europe to the north of England.
gaelnoun	A member of an ethnic group in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, whose language is one that is Gaelic.
spcnoun	(US) Initialism of St. Petersburg College.
cptnoun	(medicine) Initialism of current procedure terminology.
scotchnoun	A block for a wheel or other round object; a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping.
plaidnoun	(textiles) A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern.
kiltienoun	A shoe having a fringed tongue or fringed extra piece that lies over the tongue.
ulsternoun	The northern province of Ireland, made up of all six Northern Irish counties and three counties in the Republic of Ireland.
scottnoun	(countable) An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Scottish ancestry.
alesnoun	A surname.
pcfnoun	—
chargenoun	The amount of money levied for a service.
levynoun	(transitive) To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
taxnoun	Money or goods collected by a government (or an entity to whom the government has delegated this power, e.g. in tax farming) to fund itself and its services, for example by levying a charge on income, purchases (sales), property or harvest, other than that money which is collected by the government in exchange for specific goods (e.g. the purchase of surplus vehicles).