noun
- A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event.
- A Boy Scout or Girl Scout.
- Someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports.
- synonyms: talent scout
- Someone who can find paths through unexplored territory.
- synonyms: pathfinder, guide
verb
- Explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody.
- synonyms: reconnoiter, reconnoitre
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