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scops

scops is the plural of scop.

Meaning of scop

Noun

scop (plural scops)

  1. (historical) A poet or minstrel in Anglo-Saxon England.
    • The kings and nobles often attached to them a scop, or maker of verses. […] The banquet was not complete without the songs of the scop. While the warriors ate the flesh of boar and deer and warmed their blood with horns of foaming ale, the scop, standing where the blaze from a pile of logs...1900, Reuben Post Halleck, History of English Literature, quoted in 1927, Thomas Tapper, Percy Goetschius, Essentials in Music History, 2011, Facsimile Edition, page 42

Noun

scops (plural scops)

  1. The scops owl.
    • The scops is a native of the warmer parts of Europe, and is of a migratory nature.1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopædia
    • The scops is easily tamed, and becomes very familiar; […]1872, Golden Hours: A Magazine for Boys and Girls, volume 4, page 266

Forms of scops

pluralscops

Phrases with scops

Questions about scops

What does scops mean?
Scops means the scops owl.
What is scops the plural of?
Scops is the plural of scop.
What part of speech is scops?
Scops is a noun.
What is the plural of scops?
The plural of scops is scops.

Words near scops in the dictionary

  1. scopophilism
  2. scopophobia
  3. scopophobic
  4. scopperil
  5. scopperils
  6. scops
  7. scops owl
  8. scops owls
  9. scops-owl
  10. scops-owls
  11. scoptic

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