scout

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
  2. noun a Boy Scout or Girl Scout
  3. noun someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)

Etymology

From Middle English scout, scoult, from Old French escoute (“action of listening”), verbal noun from escouter (“to listen, heed”), from Latin auscultō (“to listen”). The verb comes from the noun.

In classic literature

Synonyms

lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, picket

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