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English

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-a�t|-a�t

Noun
en-noun

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 of the movements and condition of an enemy.
4. UK A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
5. UK A fielder in a game for practice.
6. The act of scouting or reconnoitering.
7. US A member of the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.
8. A member of any number of youth organizations affiliated with the World Organization of the w:Scouting|Scouting Movement or based on the Boy Scouts, founded by Lord Robert Baden Powell.
9. A person who assesses and/or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.

Translations
trans-top|person sent out to gain and bring in tidings
Finnish: t|fi|tiedustelija
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trans-top|member of the Boy Scouts
Danish: t+|da|spejder|c
Faroese: t-|fo|skóti|m|xs=Faroese
Finnish: t|fi|partiolainen, t|fi|partiopoika
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German: t-|de|Pfadfinder|m
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trans-top|one who identifies promising talent
Danish: talentspejder
Finnish: t|fi|kykyjenmetsästäjä
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Verb
en-verb|scouts|scouting|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.

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