scoutern.
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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
1642 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. iv. 434 To Robert Addams..for goeing as a skooter to Coventry to hearken out how nere the soldiers were cominge.
1645 R. Symonds Diary (1859) 193 The horse..were persued by a body of the enemyes horse and loose scowters.
c1776 in W. Irving Washington (1856) II. 606 A famous scouter and wood-hunter.
1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie xviii But this is a scouter in his war-paint!
1867 J. N. Edwards Shelby xiv. 232 One of the truest scouters who ever fired a pistol.
2. An adult member of the (Boy) Scout movement. Cf. Guider n. at guide n. Derivatives.
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > specific youth organizations > members of scouts or guides
Boy Scout1908
patrol leader1908
scout1908
scoutmaster1908
tenderfoot1908
captain1909
Girl Guide1909
Girl Scout1909
lieutenant1909
pathfinder1911
sea scout1911
rosebud1914
brownie1916
sixer1916
tenderpad1916
Brown Owl1918
rover1918
Rover Scout1918
ranger1920
tawny owl1921
Cub1922
Akela1924
scouter1930
Guider1931
den mother1936
Queen's Guide1946
Queen's Scout1952
Venture Scout1966
Beaver1975
skipper1986
1930 H. W. Benson Summer Camp 27 [The Patrol Leader] must be taught..to decentralize... A Scouter or Rover will probably be required to show him how to set about this.
1948 Lawton (Okla.) Constit. 4 July 3/5 A large number of cubbers and scouters were present with their families.
1976 Burnham-on-Sea Gaz. 20 Apr. A strong committee should be established, to be responsible for fund-raising activities, leaving the various scouters to carry on their roles as cub-scout leaders.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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