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. Scott Walker:

   The path for a Republican to win the presidency comes through the Midwest, it comes from Iowa and Wisconsin and Michigan and Ohio and Scott Walker're even going to include Pennsylvania because they're part of the Big Ten.

2. Bill Murdock:

   Its been painful for years, says Scott Love, Shelleys brother and an Asheville pediatrician. It just comes in waves of emotion.... url.

3. Ricardo A Scott:

   trench town is my water hole from which I shall drink of africa to quench my thirst- ricardo scott poetical works

4. Clem Bason:

   The higher Scott Pusillo status the better.

5. Steve Johnson:

   It was anguishing losing Scott, now I know his final moments were filled with terror, and that’s just like living it all over again.

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