schoutn.

(, in Dutch)

/skaʊt/

/sxaʊt/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s scoute, 1500s scowte, 1600s–1800s scout.

Etymology: < Dutch schout, Middle Dutch schout, schoutet, schoutheet, corresponding to Old Saxon sculthêto (Essen Gloss.), Middle Low German schultête , schulte (modern Low German schulte ), Old English sculthéta (Corpus Gloss.), scyldhǽta , -háta , Old Frisian skeldata , skelta , Old High German scultheiȥo, -heizo (Middle High German schultheiȥe, -heitze , modern German schultheiss , schulz , schulze ) < Germanic type *skuldi- , skuldohaiton- , -tjon- , < *skuldi-z , skuldā obligation, duty, + *hait- to command (see hight v.¹). Compare medieval Latin scultetus.

A municipal or administrative officer in the Low Countries and in Dutch colonies. Originally the schout was the lord's bailiff in a subject town or village. In later use the functions and status of the officers so named have varied according to time and place as widely as have those of the English bailiff, the term sometimes denoting a municipal dignitary of high rank, and sometimes a mere police officer.

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society > authority > office > holder of office > other municipal officials > [noun] > in Low Countries

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1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 41 Bayllyes scoutes Somme of the skepyns Ryde with.

c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxxviij/1 We late you weten in beryng witnesse and certifiyng for troueth that y^e day of the date of these presentis be fore oure scoute and vs and appered thesse persones.

1533 J. Coke in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. II. 44 I resorted to the Scowte, borowmaisters, and skepyns of the said towne of Barowe.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 285 Ten Judges of criminall causes (vulgarly called Skout).

1670 W. Temple Let. to Sir J. Trevor 15 Aug. in Wks. (1720) II. 233 They said the Magistrates did not know the Man, nor any of their Officers. But if I could send some body that did to the Town-house, they would send their Scout with him to execute what I desired.

1673 W. Temple Observ. United Provinces ii. 82 The Scout, who takes care of the Peace, seizes all Criminals, and sees the Sentences of Justice executed, and whose Authority is like that of a Sheriff in a County with us, or a Constable in a Parish.

1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. iii. ii. 129 This potent body consisted of a schout or bailiff,..five burgermeesters..and five schepens.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Schout, a water-bailiff in many northern European ports, who superintends the police for seamen.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	schout
释义	schoutn. (, in Dutch)/skaʊt//sxaʊt/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s scoute, 1500s scowte, 1600s–1800s scout. Etymology: < Dutch schout, Middle Dutch schout, schoutet, schoutheet, corresponding to Old Saxon sculthêto (Essen Gloss.), Middle Low German schultête , schulte (modern Low German schulte ), Old English sculthéta (Corpus Gloss.), scyldhǽta , -háta , Old Frisian skeldata , skelta , Old High German scultheiȥo, -heizo (Middle High German schultheiȥe, -heitze , modern German schultheiss , schulz , schulze ) < Germanic type skuldi- , skuldohaiton-* , -tjon- , < skuldi-z , skuldā* obligation, duty, + hait- to command (see hight v.¹). Compare medieval Latin scultetus. A municipal or administrative officer in the Low Countries and in Dutch colonies. Originally the schout* was the lord's bailiff in a subject town or village. In later use the functions and status of the officers so named have varied according to time and place as widely as have those of the English bailiff, the term sometimes denoting a municipal dignitary of high rank, and sometimes a mere police officer. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > other municipal officials > [noun] > in Low Countries schout1480 scoutette1534 scult1548 scoutmaster1652 1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 41 Bayllyes scoutes Somme of the skepyns Ryde with. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxxviij/1 We late you weten in beryng witnesse and certifiyng for troueth that y^e day of the date of these presentis be fore oure scoute and vs and appered thesse persones. 1533 J. Coke in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. II. 44 I resorted to the Scowte, borowmaisters, and skepyns of the said towne of Barowe. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 285 Ten Judges of criminall causes (vulgarly called Skout). 1670 W. Temple Let. to Sir J. Trevor 15 Aug. in Wks. (1720) II. 233 They said the Magistrates did not know the Man, nor any of their Officers. But if I could send some body that did to the Town-house, they would send their Scout with him to execute what I desired. 1673 W. Temple Observ. United Provinces ii. 82 The Scout, who takes care of the Peace, seizes all Criminals, and sees the Sentences of Justice executed, and whose Authority is like that of a Sheriff in a County with us, or a Constable in a Parish. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. iii. ii. 129 This potent body consisted of a schout or bailiff,..five burgermeesters..and five schepens. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Schout, a water-bailiff in many northern European ports, who superintends the police for seamen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1480
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