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a person whose entire job is being ahead of everyone else, on purpose.
means A person sent ahead to gather information or assess what lies in unfamiliar terrain — whether on a battlefield, a sports circuit, or a talent search.
from From Old French 'escouter,' to listen, which traces back to Latin 'auscultare,' to listen attentively (the same root that gives doctors their 'auscultation,' the listening to a chest). So before a scout was someone who looked ahead, they were someone who listened ahead — ears pricked for the rustle in the dark long before the eyes could confirm it.
- motto
- Be Prepared, chosen because it shares founder's initials
- talent hunters
- sports scouts decide careers from bleacher seats
- ant scouts
- single ants explore, then recruit the colony
- literary scout
- To Kill a Mockingbird's narrator earned the nickname
- first ones
- military scouts go where maps end
boy scouts of america — youth organization founded 1910, over 2 million members trained in outdoor skills and citizenship
girl guides — founded 1910 by robert baden-powell's sister agnes in uk, now operates in 146 countries