(n.) A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scotsman, or Scotchman.
(n.) A portion of money assessed or paid; a tax or contribution; a mulct; a fine; a shot.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was sparked by Ferguson's decision to sue Magnier over the lucrative stud fees now being earned by retired racehorse Rock of Gibraltar, which the Scot used to co-own.
(2) It is what struck me, too, about Gordon Aikman , a 29-year-old Scot with a terminal diagnosis of motor neurone disease.
(3) After a fairly competitive first set, it turned into a rout almost on the scale of the triple-bagle thrashing the Scot gave the Luxembourg part-timer Laurent Bram when he returned to Davis Cup action in Glasgow four years ago.
(4) If the Scots vote yes to independence on 18 September 2014, everyone else is affected willy-nilly, not just the Scots themselves.
(5) The XI the Scot sent out featured no Robin van Persie, who was on the bench, while Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Chris Smalling, Danny Welbeck and Marouane Fellaini did not make the squad due to injuries.
(6) In the latest round of the epic divorce battle between Michelle and Scot Young, the judge, Mr Justice Moor, is making a fresh attempt to discover how much the property dealer is worth.
(7) The leading edge of the rod a-wave recorded from normal observers and patients with congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) was described by a linear process for flash intensities up to the maximum available flash intensity, 2.0 log scot td-sec.
(8) The most recent poll on independence among Scots who say they are certain to vote next year has 28% opting for independence, 50% for remaining in the UK and 22% still to decide.
(9) Read more on Scottish independence • ' I believe in solidarity with the folk living south of Carlisle ' • ' The UK is on shifting sands – we can't assume survival ' • ' Better Together is truly scraping the barrel now ' The fact is that far from fearing the breakup of the UK, the English are looking at the benefits that devolution has brought the Scots and asking why they are not able to enjoy the same.
(10) Clarification: Jirehouse Capital and Stephen Jones - see Clarification and footnote Jailed British property developer Scot Young, an associate of Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, constructed a secret network of offshore companies to hold his assets during a multimillion-pound divorce battle, according to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ's) research.
(11) The supreme court judges had ruled that there was not "the remotest chance that the European court would hold that, because of other protections that Scots law provides for accused persons, the Scottish system could omit the safeguard of allowing legal advice prior to interviewing".
(12) China and India got away, the largest producers of CO 2 internationally, got away scot-free,” he said.
(13) No call for the resurrection of the proud, shared traditions of Scots, Welsh and English people as they defied the powerful to build a better society; no convincing pledge that a new Britain would be forged, just and equal and fair unlike what New Labour failed to deliver.
(14) The biographer of James Maxton, a Scots leftwinger with his own iconic status, he knows about party loyalties and tribal heroes.
(15) When you go up from the Championship everyone says how great you are and you sit there and take the plaudits, so when the team goes down I’ll take the brunt of the blame,” said the Scot.
(16) The Scot has spoken many times of his ill fortune in reaching his peak at a time when his vanquished opponent Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have dominated.
(17) So, the Scots learned to vote tactically, ganged up on the Tories and reduced the Conservative party in Scotland to a rump.
(18) After the Scot sued Rooney over allegations in a biography the pair reconciled but whether Moyes would want him to stay at United is not yet clear, though he will have the final say on the striker's future.
(19) Clements is pushing ahead with The Scots At War, another hint of the direction that STV is moving in, not so much for the nationalistic subject matter – part of it will focus on the Black Watch – but because it is co-produced by the History Channel.
(20) She was questioned by Scot Young, who is representing himself.
Scotsman
Definition:
(n.) See Scotchman.
Example Sentences:
(1) Published in the Scotsman, the open letter also asserts that Scotland would be more secure and its businesses more successful within the UK, and that much is at stake from independence.
(2) She worked in the highly infectious “red zone” near Freetown and wrote in a diary for the Scotsman how she had been inspired to become a health worker after seeing images of the Ethiopian famine in the 1980s.
(3) Ian Stewart, the editor of the Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday, informed staff on Tuesday that the number of enforced cuts has come down to 20.
(4) To this former Scotsman reporter who spent quite some time watching the nats and Labour tear lumps out of each other north of the Border, that statement from Alex Salmond is remarkable.
(5) When I was a boy, people thought our technological limit was reached with the dazzling Flying Scotsman's train engine.
(6) Its stablemate the Scotsman saw a 7.67% circulation increase, with sales hitting 46,138 on average per day in August.
(7) The bespectacled, golf-loving Scotsman sticks to touring his stores and getting involved in the detail of the business, politely turning away interview requests.
(8) No genuinely all-Scotland quality paper ever emerged from this patchwork, but the Herald out of Glasgow and the Scotsman from Edinburgh became, together with the Irish Times and for a while the Yorkshire Post , the finest newspapers published in these islands outside London.
(9) And Magnus Linklater, the former Scotsman editor, thinks dropping Moore will be a disaster.
(10) "While the McCulloch goal was good, was it as good as the last goal scored by a Scotsman in France?"
(11) As Brodie waited to collect a back-pass, the mutt flew at him, knocking the Scotsman to the ground; he was stretchered off, having shattered his kneecap.
(12) The Birmingham Mail also published a “Lambert must go” editorial in Wednesday’s paper which called for the Scotsman’s head.
(13) As a result Rafael will likely be sat with the Scotsman on the bench at the start of the Champions League final at Wembley, with Fábio expected to make the starting XI.
(14) A consortium of three newspaper publishers – The Herald publisher Newsquest, The Scotsman publisher Johnston Press and DC Thomson - have been linked with a move to take on the Scotland pilot although it is unclear if a formal bid has been made.
(15) Although I was born in Glasgow, educated at Glasgow University and worked for both the Herald and the Scotsman, I come fresh to the conversation, after working in the US for the Guardian for the past seven years.
(16) Up to 30 editorial jobs are understood to be under threat at the Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday as parent company Johnston Press unveils its latest restructuring of the ailing titles.
(17) • Matt Qvortrup at the Scotsman says that the white paper will not win Alex Salmond the referendum.
(18) Johnston Press , the publisher of the Scotsman, Mentorn, the production company behind the BBC's Question Time, and Glasgow Herald publisher Newsquest today launched a consortium to run the regional news pilot in Scotland.
(19) Johnston Press, which owns titles including the Scotsman and Yorkshire Post, had about 15.5 million monthly unique users on its website portfolio at the end of June.
(20) "Following an organisational review, The Scotsman Publications Ltd is proposing a restructure which could result in a reduction of staff within the editorial department," managing director Stuart Birkett said in a short statement.