Mascot

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mascot \Mas"cot\, Mascotte \Mas"cotte\, n. [Through French fr.
     Pr. mascot a little sorcerer or magician, mascotto
     witchcraft, sorcery.]
     1. A person who is supposed to bring good luck to the
        household to which he or she belongs.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. Hence: Anything that brings good luck; especially, an
        animal kept by a group, as a sports team, to serve as a
        symbol and to bring luck.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mascot
       n : a person or animal that is adopted by a team or other group
           as a symbolic figure

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "mascot":
     amulet, charm, fetish, fylfot, gammadion, good-luck charm, hoodoo,
     juju, love charm, luck, lucky bean, lucky piece, madstone,
     mumbo jumbo, obeah, periapt, philter, phylactery, scarab,
     scarabaeus, scarabee, sudarium, swastika, talisman, veronica,
     voodoo, whammy
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [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.
       
       

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 U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Mascot, TN -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Tennessee
     Population (2000):    2119
     Housing Units (2000): 934
     Land area (2000):     6.953397 sq. miles (18.009215 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.165204 sq. miles (0.427876 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    7.118601 sq. miles (18.437091 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            46400
     Located within:       Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
     Location:             36.067257 N, 83.754678 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     37806
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Mascot, TN
      Mascot