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Scouts

//skaʊts// name, noun, verb

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Proper Noun
  1. 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. 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. 3
    The Selous Scouts, a special forces regiment of the former Rhodesian Army.

    "[…] Turning the tables, the Scouts bit the biter by blowing up […]"

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of scout form-of, plural
  2. 2
    plural of Scout form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of scout form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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