scout

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.4 See also 2 Italian 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Synonyms 2.1.2 Related terms 3 Swedish 3.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aʊt

[edit] Noun

scout (plural scouts)

1. (dated) A swift sailing boat.
2. (archaic) A projecting rock.
3. A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.
4. The act of scouting or reconnoitering.
5. 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.
6. A person who assesses and/or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.
7. (British) A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
8. (British) A fielder in a game for practice.
9. (historical), (British) A term used until 1920's of a fighter aircraft.

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[edit] Verb

to scout (third-person singular simple present scouts, present participle scouting, simple past and past participle scouted)

1. (obsolete) To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.
2. To explore a wide terrain, as on a search.

[edit] See also

• Scout (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• scout in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

scout m. inv.

1. scout; a member of the international scout movement.

[edit] Synonyms

• esploratore

[edit] Related terms

• scautismo
• lupetto
• rover
• guida
• coccinella
• scolta

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

Inflection for scout	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	scout	scouten	scouter	scouterna
Possessive form	scouts	scoutens	scouters	scouternas

scout c.

1. scout; a member of the international scout movement.