Definitions for the word "Scout" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A swift sailing boat.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A projecting rock.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information of the movements and condition of an enemy.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A fielder in a game for practice.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
The act of scouting or reconnoitering.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. i.
To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
1 soldier etc. Sent ahead to get esp. Military intelligence. 2 search for this. 3 = *talent-scout. 4 (also scout) member of the scout association, an (orig. Boys'') association intended to develop character. 5 domestic worker at an oxford college. v. 1 (often foll. By for) go about searching for information etc. 2 (foll. By about, around) make a search. 3 (often foll. By out) colloq. Explore to get information about (territory etc.). scouting n. [french escoute(r) from latin ausculto listen]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
12. slang
a college valet, or waiter.—_Oxford._ _See_ GYP.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
13. slang
the male servant, who generally has a staircase under his
charge, and waits on the men in each set of rooms. The female servant
(not unfrequently his wife or daughter) is the bedmaker.—_University._
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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