Canadian English Meaning of scapegoat

Scapegoat

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Definitions and Meaning of scapegoat in English

Wordnet

scapegoat (n)

someone who is punished for the errors of others

Webster

scapegoat (n.)

A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness.

Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others.

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Scapegoat

someone who is punished for the errors of othersA goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape in

excuse,goat,victim,Fall guy,Whipping boy,dupe,laughing stock,Mark,mockery,monkey

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scapegallows => scapegoat, scaped => escaped, scape => pedestal, scanty => Scant, scantness => Scarcity,