Definition for SCOT

SCOT, n.2 [Sax. scotta, scotte; W. ysgotiad, a woodsman, a Scot, from ysgawd, a shade; ysgodi; to shade, to shelter, Eng. shade – which see. This word signifies, according to the Welsh, an inhabitant of the woods, and from the same root probably as Scythian, Scythia.]

A native of Scotland or North Britain.

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