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# scot

noun (a Scot, Scots); related: Scots, Scottish, Scotch; phrase: scot-free

«scot» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A Scot is a person from Scotland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scot/#m1)
2. (history) The Scots were a people from Ireland who settled in western Scotland about 1,500 years ago and gave Scotland its name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scot/#m2)
3. "Scot-free" means without being punished or harmed; the old word "scot" meant a tax or payment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scot/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography and history lessons on the UK, a Scot is someone from Scotland, one of the four nations of the UK. Famous Scots include Robert the Bruce and Alexander Graham Bell. The everyday phrase "get off scot-free" has nothing to do with Scotland; it comes from not paying the "scot" tax.

### Examples

- My uncle is a Scot from Glasgow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scot/#x1)
- The Scots won the battle of Bannockburn in 1314. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scot/#x2)
- Mary Queen of Scots was a famous ruler. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scot/#x3)
- The thief got off scot-free because nobody saw him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scot/#x4)
- A Scot invented the telephone: Alexander Graham Bell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scot/#x5)
- Many Scots wear a kilt at weddings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scot/#x6)
- The Scots were a people who came from Ireland long ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scot/#x7)
- And yet Kai Lykke went scot-free." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scot/#x8)

### Note

Capital S for the person: a Scot, the Scots. Adjective for things from Scotland: Scottish. "Scotch" is used for whisky and some foods (Scotch egg); many Scots dislike being called "Scotch". "Scots" is also the name of a language spoken in Scotland. "Scot-free" is not about Scotland.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «scot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scot/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«scot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/scot.html) on Mova free.