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Scott
[skot] 
–noun
| 1. | Barbara Ann, born 1928, Canadian figure skater. |
| 2. | Dred [dred] , 1795?–1858, a black slave whose suit for freedom (1857) was denied by the U.S. Supreme Court (Dred Scott Decision) on the grounds that a slave was not a citizen and therefore could not sue in a federal court. |
| 3. | Duncan Campbell, 1862–1947, Canadian poet and public official. |
| 4. | Sir George Gilbert, 1811–78, English architect. |
| 5. | his grandson, Sir Giles Gilbert, 1880–1960, English architect. |
| 6. | Robert Fal⋅con [fawl-kuh n, fal-, faw-kuhn] , 1868–1912, British naval officer and antarctic explorer. |
| 7. | Sir Walter, 1771–1832, Scottish novelist and poet. |
| 8. | Win⋅field [win-feeld] , 1786–1866, U.S. general. |
| 9. | a male given name. |
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| Scott (skŏt) American slave who sued for his liberty after spending four years with his master in a territory where slavery had been banned by the Missouri Compromise. The resulting decision by the U.S. Supreme Court (1857) declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional because a slave could not be taken from a master without due process of law. |
| Scott, Robert Falcon 1868-1912. British explorer who reached the South Pole (January 1912) only to find that Roald Amundsen had discovered the spot one month before. |
| Scott, Sir Walter 1771-1832. British writer of ballads and historical novels, a genre he developed. His works include Waverley (1814) and Ivanhoe (1819). |
| Scott, Winfield 1786-1866. American general. A hero of the War of 1812, he captured Veracruz, defeated Santa Anna, and captured Chapultepec during the Mexican War (1846-1848). |
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