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单词 outskirrer
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outskirrern.

Forms: pre-1700 out skire, 1800s outskirrer.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, Scots skirrer , scurrier n.1
Etymology: < out- prefix + skirrer, variant of scurrier n.1 Compare earlier outscourer n.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
A scout; = outscourer n.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > guide, scout, etc.
waitc1325
runnera1382
scourera1400
exploratorc1429
discovererc1440
waiter?1473
out-spy1488
scurrier1488
aforeridera1525
fore-rider1548
guide?1548
outscourer1548
scout1555
vanquerer1579
outscout1581
outskirrer1625
scouter1642
scoutinger1642
wood-ranger1734
reconnoiterer1752
feeler1834
1625 T. Glover in S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. viii. 1357 Cigalla was appointed out Skire, with a troope of light Horse-men, to see that no succour should come to the Castle.
1831 P. F. Tytler Lives Sc. Worthies I. 413 He had acquired by his spies and outskirrers a perfect knowledge of the disposition of the army of Lorn.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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