| 释义 |
ˈscouter
Also 7 skooter, scowter.
[f. scout v.1 + -er2.]
†1. A scout or spy. Obs.
1642in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. iv. 434 To Robert Addams..for goeing as a skooter to Coventry to hearken out how nere the soldiers were cominge. 1645Symonds Diary (Camden) 193 The horse..were persued by a body of the enemyes horse and loose scowters. c1776in W. Irving Washington (1856) II. 606 A famous scouter and wood-hunter. 1827J. F. Cooper Prairie xviii, But this is a scouter in his war-paint! 1867J. N. Edwards Shelby & his Men xiv. 232 One of the truest scouters who ever fired a pistol.
2. An adult member of the (Boy) Scout movement. Cf. guider s.v. guide n. 2 d.
1930H. W. Benson Summer Camp 27 [The Patrol Leader] must be taught..to decentralize... A Scouter or Rover will probably be required to show him how to set about this. 1948Lawton (Okla.) Constitution 4 July 3/5 A large number of cubbers and scouters were present with their families. 1976Burnham-on-Sea Gaz. 20 Apr., A strong committee should be established, to be responsible for fund-raising activities, leaving the various scouters to carry on their roles as cub-scout leaders. |