noun hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others.
2. scapegoat ·noun a goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness.
noun hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others.
2. scapegoat ·noun a goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness.
Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012