SCOUT, SCOUTING
NOUNS
► OUT PARTY a scouting party → 1756
NOUNS – PERSON
► AFORERIDER the advance guard of an army, scouts → 1525
► BIRD DOG one who seeks, scouts, or spies for another; esp. a carrier of tales → 1929 US sl.
► DING TEAM a scout and sniper working together → 1991 US sl.
► GIDDY (GOUT) a boy scout → 1919 Aust. rhyming sl. (Bk.)
► HARKENER ► HEARKENER an eavesdropper; a scout → 1549 obs.
► PERDU a person who acts as a lookout, scout, or spy → 1639 obs.
► SHOWER a person who looks out or observes; an observer; a scout; a watchman → 1225 obs.
► VANQUERER a scout → 1579 obs.
► WAIT also, a scout, spy; a watchman in a camp, castle, or fortified place who was furnished with a born to trumpet to sound an alarm or to make a signal → 1300 obs.
► WAITER an observer in secret; a scout, a spy → 1471 obs.
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