Bible Dictionaries
Scapegoat
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others.
(2):
(n.) A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Scapegoat'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/scapegoat.html. 1828.