scout¹ /skowt/

1. Someone, or (obsolete or N American) a party, sent out to reconnoitre or bring in information
2. A (military) spy
3. A member of the Scout Association (formerly Boy Scout)
4. (in the USA) a member of the Girl Scouts (an organization similar to the Guides)
5. A patrolman on the roads
6. A person who watches or attends at a little distance
7. A person (usu term of approbation; informal)
8. A person who seeks out new recruits, players, sales opportunities, etc
9. A ship for reconnoitring
10. A small light aeroplane orig intended for reconnaissance
11. A light armoured car for reconnaissance (now usu scout car)
12. A college servant (esp at Oxford)
13. A search (informal)
14. Watch, spying (archaic)

To watch closely

1. To act as a scout
2. To reconnoitre (often with about or around)

scoutˈer noun

An adult working with instructors, etc, in the Scout Association

scoutˈing noun

Scout Association noun

(formerly, the Boy Scouts) a worldwide movement for young people, intended to develop character and a sense of responsibility, founded (for boys) by Lord Baden-Powell in 1908

scout car see scout (n) above.

scoutˈcraft noun

The knowledge and skill appropriate to a scout

scout law noun

The code of rules of the Scout Association

scoutˈmaster noun

1. The leader of a band of scouts, a scouter
2. Formerly, an adult in charge of a troop of Boy Scouts

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