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.

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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

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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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. Chuck Schumer:

   Tim Scott're making good progress with Sen. Tim Scott, this is a serious problem. We need strong legislation. And we're hopeful that the Booker-Scott negotiations can produce just that.

2. Adam Scott:

   I'm going to have to be working the next two days to close the gap of whatever the lead will be tonight and hopefully there are enough holes for Adam Scott to do that.

3. Dan Bishop:

   Scott Perry's telephone is maybe for me an even more extreme example than President Trump, they pick a member of Congress somewhat obscure, perhaps less famous than, say, Jim Jordan or Kevin McCarthy or Jim Banks. And they go and strip him of a cell phone under criminal process a day after they've conducted an unprecedented raid on the former president of the United States over, as far as anybody can tell, kind of weak tea allegations or issues about the Presidential Records Act.

4. Zoe Wilson-Meyer:

   The Wallace Global Fund has for decades been a leader in helping women gain access to family planning. Former Co-Chair Scott Wallace is proud of the work of grantees like Planned Parenthood in empowering women and protecting reproductive rights and will stand up for Pennsylvania women, in Washington, Brian Fitzpatrick voted to defund Planned Parenthood and supports Donald Trump’s effort to take away a woman’s right to choose.

5. Republican Gov. Rick Scott:

   I believe strongly that we cannot turn our backs on the refugee community in their time of greatest need, the U.S. vetting process for refugees is extremely rigorous, extensive, and comprehensive, and allows us to aid those that pose no threat to our country. Gov. Scott's stance is driven by divisive politics.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

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
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Scott