Definitions for tam-o-shanter

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tam-o-shanter tam-o'-shan·ter

Spelling: [tam-uh-shan-ter, tam-uh-shan-ter]

IPA: /ˈtæm əˌʃæn tər, ˌtæm əˈʃæn tɛr/

Tam-O-Shanter is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 1292 anagrams from letters in tam-o-shanter (--aaehmnorstt).

Definitions for tam-o-shanter

noun

1. a cap of Scottish origin, usually made of wool, having a round, flat top that projects all around the head and has a pompon at its center.

Origin of tam-o-shanter

First recorded in 1880-85; named after the hero of Tam O'Shanter (1791), poem by Robert Burns