Scott
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɒt/
rhymes: -ɒt
homophone: scot
homophone: Scot
Forms: form: Scotts
form: Scot
form: Scottie
form: Scotty
Senses: examples: text: 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.”
ref: 2020 September 30, Ashley Schwartz-Lavares and Steve Osunsami, “Black Americans are leaving their homes to start their own all-Black communities”, in ABC News:
glosses: An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Scottish ancestry.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2025 August 25, Robert Reich, “Why Trump built a staff of incompetent sycophants”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2025:
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
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A municipality of La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
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A town in the Rural Municipality of Tramping Lake, No. 380, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lonoke County and Pulaski County, Arkansas.
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An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Georgia.
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A small unincorporated community in Van Buren Township, LaGrange County, Indiana.
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A city in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.
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An unincorporated community in Cole County, Missouri.
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A town in Cortland County, New York.
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A village in Paulding County and Van Wert County, Ohio.
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A former unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia.
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A town in Brown County, Wisconsin.
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A small town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
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A small town in Columbia County, Wisconsin.
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A small town in Crawford County, Wisconsin.
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A town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
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A small town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
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A town in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
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A number of townships in the United States, listed under Scott Township.
Derived terms: Acton Scott
Fort Scott
Scott City
Scott connection
Scott continuity
Scott-continuous
Scott County
Scott-open
Scotts Bluff County
Scottsboro
Scottsburg
Scottsville
Scott syndrome
Scott topology