Scapegoat
['skeɪpgəʊt] or ['skepɡot]
Definition
(n.) A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness.
(n.) Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others.
Typist: Vilma
Definition
n. a goat on which once a year the Jewish high-priest laid symbolically the sins of the people and which was then allowed to escape into the wilderness (Levit. xvi.): one who is made to bear the misdeeds of another.
Checked by Lionel