Ab″bot (�), n. [AS. abbod, abbad, L. abbas, abbatis, Gr. αββἀ̑σ, fr. Syriac abbā father. Cf. Abba, Abbé.]
1. The superior or head of an abbey.
2. One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys. Encyc. Brit.
Abbot of the people. a title formerly given to one of the chief magistrates in Genoa. — Abbot of Misrule (or Lord of Misrule), in mediæval times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland called the Abbot of Unreason. Encyc. Brit.