noun
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.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.A fielder in a game for practice.(up until 1920s) A fighter aircraft.Term of address for a man or boy.verb
To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search; to reconnoiter.To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.