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scout
1. (esp at Oxford University) a college servant
2. Obsolete (in Britain) a patrolman of a motoring organization

scout [skau̇t]
(engineering)
An engineer who makes a preliminary examination of promising oil and mining claims and prospects.
(navigation)
To search an area by following an orderly pattern of courses.
A craft engaged in search.

Scout [skau̇t]
(aerospace engineering)
A four-stage all-solid-propellant rocket, used as a space probe and orbital test vehicle; first launched July 1, 1960, with a 150-pound (68-kilogram) payload.

Scout
Tonto’s horse. [TV: “The Lone Ranger” in Terrace, II, 34; Radio: “The Lone Ranger” in Buxton, 143]
See : Horse


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When political pressure forced them to allow non-Europeans to become full Scouts in 1936, South African Scouters introduced racially specific distinctions into the uniforms of the four "parallel" European, African, Indian, and Coloured sub-associations that made up the larger South African Scout Association.
Public Law 87-459 authorized the Secretary of Defense to lend tents, blankets, and other equipment and services to the National Council of the BSA for the use of Scouts and Scouters (adult leaders) attending the World Jamboree in Greece in August 1963.
Latino Scouts and Scouters have a profound impact in communities throughout the United States and at every level of Scouting a from Tiger Cub to Eagle Scout.
 
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