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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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