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mascot

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mascot  \Mas"cot\,  Mascotte  \Mas"cotte\,  n.  [Through  French  fr 
  Pr  mascot  a  little  sorcerer  or  magician,  mascotto 
  witchcraft,  sorcery.] 
  A  person  who  is  supposed  to  bring  good  luck  to  the  household 
  to  which  he  or  she  belongs;  anything  that  brings  good  luck. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mascot 
  n  :  a  person  or  animal  that  is  adopted  by  a  team  or  other  group 
  as  a  symbolic  figure 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Mascot,  TN  (CDP,  FIPS  46400) 
  Location:  36.06821  N,  83.76614  W 
  Population  (1990):  2138  (877  housing  units) 
  Area:  18.0  sq  km  (land),  0.4  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  37806 
  Mascot,  VA 
  Zip  code(s):  23108 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  MASCOT 
 
  Modular  Approach  to  Software  Construction  Operation  and  Test: 
  a  method  for  software  design  aimed  at  real-time  embedded 
  systems  from  the  Royal  Signals  and  Research  Establishment,  UK




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