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Scottie

Scottie proper noun: a unisex given name, diminutive of Scott.

Proper noun

Scottie

  1. A unisex given name, diminutive of Scott.
    • Mike is […] survived by his […] beloved sister Scottie Lummus, […]2020 July 2, “[Obituaries] Michael Keith Smith”, in Orlando Sentinel, final edition, Orlando, Fla.: Orlando Sentinel Communications Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page B4, column 3

Noun

Scottie (plural Scotties)

  1. (informal) A Scottish terrier.
  2. (informal) A Scottish person (sometimes as a nickname).
    • It's Scottie this, an' Scottie that, Whan ye gang o'er the border;1883, James Chapman, “Scottie”, in Alexander G. Murdoch, editor, The Scottish Poets Recent and Living, page 301
    • . . .and a bone-splintering hello from the Scottie!1987, Scottish Field - Volume 133, page 35

Examples of Scottie in a sentence

  • On Christmas Eve the Germans shouted from their trenches, which are only 100 yards from ours, in these terms – A merry Christmas, Scottie Guardie.2000, William Donaldson, The Highland Pipe and Scottish Society, 1750-1950, page 320:
  • Massey, 'this big determined Ulsterman', who 'displayed in his speech a surprising knowledge of Burns, so much so that a man in the crowd called out “You're a regular Scottie”'.2011, Tanja Bueltmann, Scottish Ethnicity and the Making of New Zealand Society, page 170:

Forms of Scottie

Proper noun
alternative formScotty
Noun
pluralScotties

Origin of Scottie

From Scott + -ie.

Questions about Scottie

What does Scottie mean?
Scottie means a unisex given name, diminutive of Scott.
How do you use Scottie in a sentence?
On Christmas Eve the Germans shouted from their trenches, which are only 100 yards from ours, in these terms – A merry Christmas, Scottie Guardie.
What part of speech is Scottie?
Scottie can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Scottie in the dictionary

  1. Scotticisms
  2. Scotticize
  3. Scotticized
  4. Scotticizes
  5. Scotticizing
  6. Scottie
  7. Scotties
  8. Scottification
  9. Scottified
  10. Scottifies
  11. Scottify

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