SCOUT

lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket

(noun) a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

scout, pathfinder, guide

(noun) someone who can find paths through unexplored territory

scout, talent scout

(noun) someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)

Scout

(noun) a Boy Scout or Girl Scout

scout, reconnoiter, reconnoitre

(verb) explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

scout (plural scouts)

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

An 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 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.

(British, cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.

(historical, British, up until 1920s) A fighter aircraft.

(informal) Term of address for a man or boy.

Verb

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

(transitive, intransitive) To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search; to reconnoiter.

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

Etymology 2

Verb

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

(transitive) To reject with contempt.

(intransitive) To scoff.

Etymology 3

Noun

scout (plural scouts)

(dated) A swift sailing boat.

Etymology 4

Noun

scout (plural scouts)

(archaic) A projecting rock.

Etymology 5

Verb

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

(Scotland) To pour forth a liquid forcibly, especially excrement.

Noun

scout (plural scouts)

The guillemot.

Noun

Scout (plural Scouts)

A member of any of various scouting organizations.

A member of one of several army units, such as the Selous Scouts or the Arunachal Scouts.

Proper noun

Scout

A nickname, used for both genders.

Source: Wiktionary

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Scout, n. Etym: [Icel. sk a small craft or cutter.]

Definition: A swift sailing boat. [Obs.] So we took a scout, very much pleased with the manner and conversation of the passengers. Pepys.

Scout, n. Etym: [Icel. skuta to jut out. Cf. Scout to reject.]

Definition: A projecting rock. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Scout, v. t. Etym: [Icel. sk a taunt; cf. Icel. skuta to jut out, skota to shove, skj to shoot, to shove. See Shoot.]

Definition: To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology. "Flout 'em and scout 'em." Shak.

Scout, n. Etym: [OF. escaute scout, spy, fr. escouter, escolter, to listen, to hear, F. écouter, fr. L. auscultare, to hear with attention, to listen to. See Auscultation.]

1. 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. Scouts each coast light-armèd scour, Each quarter, to descry the distant foe. Milton.

2. A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip. [Cant]

3. (Criket)

Definition: A fielder in a game for practice.

4. The act of scouting or reconnoitering. [Colloq.] While the rat is on the scout. Cowper.

Syn.

– Scout, Spy.

– In a military sense a scout is a soldier who does duty in his proper uniform, however hazardous his adventure. A spy is one who in disguise penetrates the enemies' lines, or lurks near them, to obtain information.

Scout, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Scouting.]

1. To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout. Take more men, And scout him round. Beau. & Fl.

2. To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.

Scout, v. i.

Definition: To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout. With obscure wing Scout far and wide into the realm of night. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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