dred scott

1. 1.

   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)

   SynonymsScott

   Broaderslave

Questions about dred scott

What does dred scott mean?

dred scott means "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)".

What is another word for dred scott?

Close synonyms include Scott. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dred scott a common word?

dred scott is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.