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Meaning:
Noun:
- A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.
- A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.
- A person who assesses and/or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.
- archaic A projecting rock.
- British A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
- British A fielder in a game for practice.
- dated A swift sailing boat.
- historical, British A term used until 1920's of a fighter aircraft.
- The act of '''scouting''' or reconnoitering.
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Verb:
- obsolete To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to '''scout''' an idea or an apology.
- To explore a wide terrain, as on a search.
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