schout / scout [skaʊt]
schout – n. – a municipal or administrative officer in the Low Countries and in Dutch colonies
scout – n. & v. – n. – 1. the act of watching to gain information; 2. one who does advance reconnaissance, usually for a military operation; 3. a high over-hanging rock; 4. a flat-bottomed Dutch boat used in river trade; 5. a local name for various sea-birds native to Great Britain; as the Guillemot (Alca troile), the Razor-bill (Alca torda), and the Puffin (Fratercula arctica); 6. a member of a youth organization (known in the United Kingdom as the Scout Association and in the United States as Boy Scouts of America) founded in 1908 by Lord Baden-Powell, intended to develop character, especially by open-air activities, or of an American organization, the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., corresponding to Girlguiding UK; a Boy Scout or Girl Scout; v. – 1. spy, travel about gaining information; 2. dismiss scornfully