how to pronounce scot

/skɒt/

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scot is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of scot in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… to saddam hussein the scot inquiry sat …”

meanings of scot

noun:

A person born in or native to Scotland.
A local tax, paid originally to the lord or ruler and later to a sheriff.

name:

A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage, variant of Scott.

scot frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word scot occurs in english on average 4.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.