scout

B1
Pronunciation
[skʌʊt]
/skaʊt/
/skaʊt/
Noun
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.

2 Definition

An act of scouting or reconnoitering.

3 Definition

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.

4 Definition

A person who assesses and/or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.

5 Definition

A college servant (in Oxford, England or Yale or Harvard), originally implying a male servant, attending to (usually several) students or undergraduates in a variety of ways that includes cleaning; corresponding to the duties of a gyp or possibly bedder at Cambridge University; and at Dublin, a skip.

6 Definition

A fielder in a game for practice.

7 Definition

(up until 1920s) A fighter aircraft.

8 Definition

Term of address for a man or boy.

Verb
2 definition(s)
1 Definition

To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search; to reconnoiter.

2 Definition

To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.