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scouts¹

  • /skaʊts/

Rhymes with -aʊts

noun

  1. plural plural of scout

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of scout

Scouts²

noun

  1. plural plural of Scout

proper noun

  1. A worldwide youth movement with the aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, so that they may play a constructive role in the society http://www.scout.org/. Lord Baden-Powell of England is generally given credit for founding the Scouts. There is no doubt he founded the Scout movement in England along military […]
  2. Any of the national Scouts organizations. The most common criterion of effectiveness quoted from within the Scout Movement is that of the large number of former Scouts who become successful in later [life …]
  3. The Selous Scouts, a special forces regiment of the former Rhodesian Army. […] Turning the tables, the Scouts bit the biter by blowing up […]

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: reconnoitre, reconnoiter, sentry, sentinel, guide, lookout man, pathfinder, picket, talent scout, lookout, watch, girl, browsers, diggers, exploiters, explorers

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name worldwide youth movement

Françaisscoutisme
Italianoscautismo

name members of that movement collectively

Françaisscouts

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@misc{scouts_2026,
  title = {scouts},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scouts},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}