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Meaning of scout

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  scout
      n 1: a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
           [syn: {lookout}, {lookout man}, {sentinel}, {sentry},
           {watch}, {spotter}, {scout}, {picket}]
      2: a Boy Scout or Girl Scout
      3: someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons
         (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports) [syn:
         {scout}, {talent scout}]
      4: someone who can find paths through unexplored territory [syn:
         {scout}, {pathfinder}, {guide}]
      v 1: explore, often with the goal of finding something or
           somebody [syn: {scout}, {reconnoiter}, {reconnoitre}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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