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The term Scout originally referred to a soldier
Soldier

A soldier is a general English term that refers to a land component of national armed forces.In most societies of the world, "soldier" is also a general term for any member of the land forces including Commissioned officer and non-commissioned officers....
 (particularly a cavalryman
Cavalry

The Cavalry is the second oldest of the Combat Arms, and as soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback in combat, it represents the mobility and offensive power of the armed forces....
 or light infantryman
Infantry

Infantry are soldiers who are primarily trained for the role of fighting on foot. A soldier in the infantry is known as an infantryman. Infantry units have more physically demanding training than other branches of armies, and place a greater emphasis on fitness, physical strength and aggression....
) performing reconnaissance
Reconnaissance

Reconnaissance is a military and medical term denoting exploration conducted to gain information. Militarily, its shorthand Australian, Canadian, and British form is recce , its American usage form is recon ....
 duties – in English it is used in many other contexts – including the following:








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The term Scout originally referred to a soldier
Soldier

A soldier is a general English term that refers to a land component of national armed forces.In most societies of the world, "soldier" is also a general term for any member of the land forces including Commissioned officer and non-commissioned officers....
 (particularly a cavalryman
Cavalry

The Cavalry is the second oldest of the Combat Arms, and as soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback in combat, it represents the mobility and offensive power of the armed forces....
 or light infantryman
Infantry

Infantry are soldiers who are primarily trained for the role of fighting on foot. A soldier in the infantry is known as an infantryman. Infantry units have more physically demanding training than other branches of armies, and place a greater emphasis on fitness, physical strength and aggression....
) performing reconnaissance
Reconnaissance

Reconnaissance is a military and medical term denoting exploration conducted to gain information. Militarily, its shorthand Australian, Canadian, and British form is recce , its American usage form is recon ....
 duties – in English it is used in many other contexts – including the following:

Aircraft

  • Scout (aircraft)
    Scout (aircraft)

    The term scout, as a description of a class of military aircraft, came into use shortly before the Word War I, and referred to a light reconnaissance aircraft, initially unarmed....
  • AD Scout
    AD Scout

    The AD Scout was designed by Harris Booth of the British Admiralty's Air Department as a fighter aircraft to defend Britain from Zeppelin bombers during World War I....
     British naval aircraft
  • Aeronca K
    Aeronca K

    The Aeronca Model K Scout was a US light airplane first marketed in 1937 in aviation, the true successor to the popular Aeronca C-2/Aeronca C-3 line....
     Scout
  • American Champion Scout
  • IAI Scout
    IAI Scout

    The IAI Scout is a reconnaissance unmanned air vehicle developed in Israel in the 1970s by Israel Aircraft Industries as a competitor to the Tadiran Mastiff....
    , an unmanned air vehicle used by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1982 Lebanon War.
  • Westland Scout
    Westland Scout

    The Westland Scout was a general purpose military light helicopter developed by Westland Helicopters. It was closely related to the Westland Wasp naval helicopter....
     British helicopter


Automotive and rail

  • International Harvester Scout
    International Harvester Scout

    The International Harvester Scout was one of the first production American civilian off-road SUV. It was originally created as a competitor to the Jeep, and like that vehicle, early models featured fold-down windshields....
  • Scout (passenger train)
    Scout (passenger train)

    The Scout was one of the List of named passenger trains train of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. It was initially assigned train Nos....


Other

  • Scout Taylor-Compton
    Scout Taylor-Compton

    Desariee Starr Compton is an United States actress and singer, who goes professionally by the name Scout Taylor-Compton. She has appeared in numerous small television roles and in feature films that range from Drama film to those in the Horror film....
  • Scout (comics)
  • Scout (operating system)
    Scout (operating system)

    Scout is a research operating system developed at the University of Arizona. It is communication-oriented and designed around the constraints of network-connected devices like set-top boxes....
  • The Scout, a book by Steven Plaut
    Steven Plaut

    Steven Plaut is an Associate Professor on the faculty of the Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Haifa and a writer....


Professions

  • Reconnaissance
    Reconnaissance

    Reconnaissance is a military and medical term denoting exploration conducted to gain information. Militarily, its shorthand Australian, Canadian, and British form is recce , its American usage form is recon ....
  • Scout (sport)
    Scout (sport)

    Professional sports scouts are trained talent evaluators who travel extensively for the purposes of watching athletes play their chosen sports and determining whether their set of skills and talents represent what is needed by the scout's organization....
    , a professional sports talent scout
    • Scout.com
      Scout.com

      Scout.com is an integrated sports publishing company consisting of two separate divisions that work closely together to deliver a unique and highly integrated Internet and print product offering....
      , sports publishing company
  • Traditional Apache scout
    Traditional Apache scout

    The traditional Apache scouts were members of secret societies within various clans of the tribe. Only Lipan Apache, Chiricahua and Mescalero Apaches had Scout societies....
  • U.S. Army Indian Scouts
    U.S. Army Indian Scouts

    The Indian Scouts of the United States Army were Native Americans in the United States recruited primarily to assist and fight in the Indian Wars of the Western United States....
  • US Army Philippine Scouts
    Philippine Scouts

    This page is about the military unit. For the article on the youth movement, please see Boy Scouts of the Philippines.The Philippine Scouts was a military organization of the United States Army from 1901 to World War II....
  • A college servant at University of Oxford
    University of Oxford

    The University of Oxford , located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation in the English-speaking world....


Space applications

  • Scout (rocket family)
  • Mars Scout Program
    Mars Scout Program

    The Mars Scout Program is a NASA program to send a series of small, low-cost missions to Mars, competitively selected from innovative proposals by the scientific community....


Weapons

  • Scout rifle
    Scout rifle

    The Scout Rifle is a class of general-purpose rifles defined and promoted by Jeff Cooper in the early 1980s.These bolt action carbines are typically .308 Winchester , less than 1 meter in length, and less than 3 kilograms in weight, with iron and optical sights and fitted with practical sling for shooting and carrying, and capable of h...
  • Steyr Scout
    Steyr Scout

    The Steyr Scout is a modern scoped bolt-action rifle manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher and chambered primarily for 7.62 NATO , although other chamberings are offered commercially....


Youth movement

  • A Scout is a member of a Scouting
    Scouting

    Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, so that they may play constructive roles in society....
     organization. There are thousands of national Scouting organizations or federations; these are grouped into six international Scouting associations with some non-aligned organizations:
    • Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme
      Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme

      Known in English language as the Confederation of European Scouts, the Conf?d?ration Europ?enne de Scoutisme was formed in Brussels, Belgium on November 12, 1978, and is based in Belgium....
    • Order of World Scouts
      Order of World Scouts

      The Order of World Scouts founded in 1911, was the first international Scouting organisation. It is headquartered in England, with the administration HQ in Italy....
    • Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe
      Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe

      The Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d?Europe is an independent faith-based Scouting organization with 20 member associations in 16 European countries and also in Argentina and Canada, serving roughly 55,000 members....
    • World Federation of Independent Scouts
      World Federation of Independent Scouts

      The World Federation of Independent Scouts was formed in Laubach, Germany, in 1996 by Lawrie Dring, a British Scouter with the independent Baden-Powell Scouts ....
    • World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
      World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

      The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is a global association supporting the Girl Guides Scouting organizations in 145 countries....
    • World Organization of the Scout Movement
      World Organization of the Scout Movement

      The World Organization of the Scout Movement is the Non-governmental organization organization which governs most national Scouting, with 28 million members....
      • List of World Organization of the Scout Movement members
        List of World Organization of the Scout Movement members

        Since its conception in 1907, the Scouting movement has spread from the United Kingdom to 216 countries and territories around the world. There are over 38 million Scouts and Girl Guide and Girl Scout worldwide, with 160 national organisations governed by the World Organization of the Scout Movement and a nearly equal number governed by the World A...
    • List of non-aligned Scouting organizations
      List of non-aligned Scouting organizations

      Non-aligned Scouting and Scout-like organisations have been created over the years, separate and often distinct from the mainstream Scouting served by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts and the World Organization of the Scout Movement ....


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