Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Scott"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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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