Scott (n.)

  1. award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)

    [ Syn: scott , george c. scott ]

  2. English explorer who reached the South Pole just a month after Amundsen; he and his party died on the return journey (1868-1912)

    [ Syn: scott , robert scott , robert falcon scott ]

  3. United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866)

    [ Syn: scott , winfield scott ]

  4. British author of historical novels and ballads (1771-1832)

    [ Syn: scott , walter scott , sir walter scott ]

  5. 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)

    [ Syn: scott , dred scott ]

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