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Scout

Scout Meaning & Definition
Scout Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Scout?

[n] a person employed to watch for something to happen
[n] someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
[n] someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
[v] explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody

Synonyms | Synonyms for Scout: guide | lookout | lookout man | pathfinder | picket | reconnoiter | reconnoitre | sentinel | sentry | spotter | talent scout | watch

Related Terms | Find terms related to Scout:

See Also | expert | hunting guide | observe | recruiter | security guard | watcher | watchman

Scout In Webster's Dictionary

\Scout\, n. A boy scout (which see, above).
\Scout\ (skout), n. [Icel. sk[=u]ta a small craft or cutter.] A swift sailing boat. [Obs.] So we took a scout, very much pleased with the manner and conversation of the passengers. --Pepys.
\Scout\, n. [Icel. sk[=u]ta to jut out. Cf. {Scout} to reject.] A projecting rock. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
\Scout\ (skout), v. t. [Icel. sk[=u]ta a taunt; cf. Icel. sk[=u]ta to jut out, skota to shove, skj[=o]ta to shoot, to shove. See {Shoot}.] To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology. ``Flout 'em and scout 'em.'' --Shak.
\Scout\, n. [OF. escoute scout, spy, fr. escouter, escolter, to listen, to hear, F. ['e]couter, fr. L. auscultare, to hear with attention, to listen to. See {Auscultation}.] 1. A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information of the movements and condition of an enemy. Scouts each coast light-arm[`e]d scour, Each quarter, to descry the distant foe. --Milton. 2. A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip. [Cant] 3. (Cricket) A fielder in a game for practice. 4. The act of scouting or reconnoitering. [Colloq.] While the rat is on the scout. --Cowper. Syn: {Scout}, {Spy}. Usage: In a military sense a scout is a soldier who does duty in his proper uniform, however hazardous his adventure. A spy is one who in disguise penetrates the enemies' lines, or lurks near them, to obtain information.
\Scout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scouted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scouting}.] 1. To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout. Take more men, And scout him round. --Beau. & Fl. 2. To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.
\Scout\, v. i. To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout. With obscure wing Scout far and wide into the realm of night. --Milton.

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