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: 

1. [["1727","1"],["1755","1"],["1772","1"],["1777","2"],["1783","1"],["1789","1"],["1793","3"],["1794","1"],["1795","2"],["1796","1"],["1797","2"],["1801","2"],["1802","4"],["1803","1"],["1804","1"],["1805","3"],["1809","2"],["1811","3"],["1812","3"],["1813","5"],["1814","9"],["1816","1"],["1817","7"],["1818","8"],["1819","7"],["1820","4"],["1821","6"],["1822","1"],["1823","2"],["1824","4"],["1825","3"],["1827","26"],["1828","4"],["1829","8"],["1830","38"],["1831","3"],["1832","6"],["1833","4"],["1834","9"],["1835","4"],["1836","1"],["1837","20"],["1838","28"],["1839","5"],["1840","9"],["1841","3"],["1842","3"],["1843","10"],["1844","28"],["1845","7"],["1846","30"],["1847","12"],["1848","61"],["1849","42"],["1850","36"],["1851","15"],["1852","138"],["1853","15"],["1854","39"],["1855","24"],["1856","11"],["1857","23"],["1858","51"],["1859","6"],["1860","23"],["1861","14"],["1862","76"],["1863","15"],["1864","17"],["1865","9"],["1866","27"],["1867","10"],["1868","6"],["1869","10"],["1870","10"],["1871","11"],["1872","13"],["1873","8"],["1874","9"],["1875","23"],["1876","18"],["1877","15"],["1878","22"],["1879","14"],["1880","8"],["1881","11"],["1882","37"],["1883","18"],["1884","12"],["1885","35"],["1886","17"],["1887","15"],["1888","21"],["1889","18"],["1890","57"],["1891","21"],["1892","20"],["1893","7"],["1894","29"],["1895","19"],["1896","21"],["1897","51"],["1898","48"],["1899","103"],["1900","18"],["1901","37"],["1902","30"],["1903","45"],["1904","26"],["1905","37"],["1906","36"],["1907","30"],["1908","93"],["1909","28"],["1910","38"],["1911","16"],["1912","16"],["1913","29"],["1914","67"],["1915","25"],["1916","26"],["1917","20"],["1918","16"],["1919","41"],["1920","37"],["1921","23"],["1922","46"],["1923","36"],["1924","43"],["1925","29"],["1926","28"],["1927","19"],["1928","38"],["1929","25"],["1930","39"],["1931","72"],["1932","33"],["1933","21"],["1934","26"],["1935","71"],["1936","37"],["1937","43"],["1938","31"],["1939","50"],["1940","19"],["1941","17"],["1942","35"],["1943","33"],["1944","160"],["1945","22"],["1946","34"],["1947","57"],["1948","38"],["1949","55"],["1950","117"],["1951","74"],["1952","63"],["1953","49"],["1954","82"],["1955","94"],["1956","68"],["1957","57"],["1958","133"],["1959","132"],["1960","124"],["1961","161"],["1962","184"],["1963","213"],["1964","231"],["1965","335"],["1966","354"],["1967","386"],["1968","435"],["1969","388"],["1970","437"],["1971","549"],["1972","329"],["1973","389"],["1974","372"],["1975","394"],["1976","303"],["1977","220"],["1978","237"],["1979","204"],["1980","468"],["1981","231"],["1982","523"],["1983","260"],["1984","229"],["1985","227"],["1986","278"],["1987","219"],["1988","222"],["1989","290"],["1990","224"],["1991","201"],["1992","279"],["1993","177"],["1994","218"],["1995","303"],["1996","315"],["1997","338"],["1998","377"],["1999","501"],["2000","967"],["2001","703"],["2002","1273"],["2003","734"],["2004","1925"],["2005","1656"],["2006","1316"],["2007","1578"],["2008","1458"]]

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. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner:

   When he was examined, he went unconscious. They administered Narcan, travis Scott was revived and the medical staff did notice a prick similar to what you would get if somebody was trying to inject. That is one part of it.

2. Adam Scott's:

   Today was definitely the best I've swung Adam Scott's club, putted and chipped and did everything well today, It's just hard. Some of the pins were really tough today. I made a couple of errors like probably most everyone did, and probably from where I was I needed to make none.

3. Jill Dunican:

   The combination of the district redacting staffs' names and outing parents who file records requests has made me realize how determined Superintendent Scott Menzel is to push his agenda on our children.

4. Joe Biden:

   West Coast fundraisers're in a situation where West Coast fundraisers have a very different view than Sen. Scott and Republicans who want to raise taxes on middle-class families and want to include half of small business owners, if West Coast fundraisers Republican friends are really interested in doing something about economic growth, they should help West Coast fundraisers continue to lower the deficit ; they should be willing to work with West Coast fundraisers to have a tax code that is actually one that works and everybody pays their fair share ; and they should be in a position where West Coast fundraisers shouldn't be raising taxes on middle-class folks, West Coast fundraisers should be raising taxes on people who everyone acknowledges aren't paying their fair share.

5. Jerryl Christmas:

   I don't believe for a minute that VonDerrit had a weapon, jason Flanery in a statement threw that gun down on Jason Flanery in a statement just like they threw that stun gun down on Walter Scott in South Carolina.

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