scout
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[edit] English
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- Rhymes: -aʊt
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scout (plural scouts)
- (dated) A swift sailing boat.
- (archaic) A projecting rock.
- A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.
- The act of scouting or reconnoitering.
- 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 who assesses and/or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.
- (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.
- (historical), (British) A term used until 1920's of a fighter aircraft.
[edit] Translations
person sent out to gain and bring in tidings
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act of scouting
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member of the scout movement
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one who identifies promising talent
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to scout (third-person singular simple present scouts, present participle scouting, simple past and past participle scouted)
- (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.
to explore a wide terrain
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[edit] See also
Scout (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
scout in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
[edit] Italian
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scout m. inv.
- scout; a member of the international scout movement.
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| Inflection for scout | Singular | Plural | ||
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| common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Base form | scout | scouten | scouter | scouterna |
| Possessive form | scouts | scoutens | scouters | scouternas |
scout c.
- scout; a member of the international scout movement.
Categories: English nouns | Dated | Archaic | British English | History | English verbs | Obsolete | Swedish nouns