Scout

Noun

 * 1)  A swift sailing boat.
 * 2)  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)  A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
 * 8)  A fielder in a game for practice.
 * , A term used until 1920's of a fighter aircraft.

Verb

 * 1)  To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.
 * 2) * So ignorant are most landsmen of some of the plainest and most palpable wonders of the world, that without some hints touching the plain facts, historical and otherwise, of the fishery, they might scout at Moby Dick as a monstrous fable, or still worse and more detestable, a hideous and intolerable allegory. Herman Melville, Moby Dick, ch. 45
 * 3) To explore a wide terrain, as on a search.

Thesaurus
Argus, CIA man, Charley, abhor, abjure, advance guard, airhead, airplane spotter, ancestor, announcer, antecedent, avant-garde, barrack, battle line, be vigilant, be watchful, beachhead, bellwether, bridgehead, brush aside, buccinator, bug, bushwhacker, case, chaff, check out, chuck, chuck out, cloak-and-dagger operative, contemn, contradict, counterintelligence agent, counterspy, course, cover, cut at, decline, deny, deride, despise, dig at, dig out, dig up, disapprove, discard, disclaim, discount, discover, disdain, dismiss, disown, disregard, do, double agent, dump on, espionage agent, examine, except, exclude, explore, explorer, eye, eyeball, farthest outpost, ferret out, find, fire patrolman, fire warden, fireguard, first line, fish out, fleer, flout, follow, forebear, forefront, foregoer, forerunner, forswear, forward observer, front, front line, front rank, front runner, front-runner, frontiersman, fugleman, gaze at, gibe, go over, groundbreaker, grub up, guide, harbinger, have a looksee, herald, hold in derision, hold in view, hunt out, ignore, innovator, inside man, inspect, intelligence agent, investigate, jab, jab at, jape, jeer, keep in sight, keep in view, keep under observation, laugh at, laugh to scorn, lead runner, leader, line, locate, look after, look at, look on, look over, look upon, lookout, lookout man, lout, make a reconnaissance, measure, messenger, military-intelligence man, mock, naval-intelligence man, night watchman, observe, operative, outguard, outpost, overpass, pass by, pass over, pass through, pass up, pathfinder, patrol, patroller, patrolman, peep, perambulate, peregrinate, pererrate, picket, pioneer, play the spy, ply, point, pooh, pooh-pooh, precedent, precursor, predecessor, probe, pry out, push aside, put down, put under surveillance, quiz, rail at, railhead, rally, range, range over, rank out, razz, rebuff, recant, reconnoiter, reconnoiterer, refuse, refuse to consider, regard, reject, renounce, repel, repudiate, repulse, research, revile, ridicule, root out, roundsman, scoff, scoff at, scorn, scorn to receive, scour, scour the country, scout out, search out, secret agent, sentinel, sentry, set at defiance, shove away, slam, slap at, slight, slight over, sneer, sneer at, spearhead, spit upon, spotter, spurn, spy, spy out, spy upon, spy-catcher, stake out, stormy petrel, study, survey, sweep, swipe, taunt, throw away, throw out, track, trailblazer, trailbreaker, transit, travel over, travel through, traverse, treat with contempt, turn away, turn out, twit, uncover, undercover man, van, vanguard, vaunt-courier, vedette, view, voortrekker, voyage, waive, watch, watcher, watchkeeper, watchman

Etymology
From <  escouter: <  auscultare:.

Noun

 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 斥候


 * Macedonian:, извидувач
 * Portuguese: batedor
 * Russian: разведчик


 * Finnish:, partiointi
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: スカウト


 * Macedonian: извидување
 * Russian:


 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: padvinder, scout, verkenner
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,


 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: flokksmeðlimur
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: スカウト
 * Macedonian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Danish: talentspejder


 * Finnish: kykyjenmetsästäjä

Verb

 * Finnish:
 * French: aller en reconnaissance, explorer


 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: извидува

Noun

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

Synonyms

 * esploratore

Related terms

 * scautismo
 * lupetto
 * rover
 * guida
 * coccinella
 * scolta

Noun

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