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scouter

scouter

1 6.5
An adult who leads and organizes activities for Boy Scouts
  • noun
  • /ˈskaʊtər/
  • Jargon
translation icon : dirigente scout
  • Scouter Adam organized camping trips and taught the boys essential outdoor skills.

Examples

  • Again, it was nice to see how many Scouters showed interest in Wood Badge, and it looks like we are going to have another full class, just based on interest.

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  • It was geared for Cub Scouters, but it was a really fun day of training and gathering ideas.

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  • All of these individuals are Scouters.

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  • I am not sure how many Scouters participated, but there were many.

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  • You see, we used to have a couple of opportunities for Scouters in the Council to gather and get some training and program ideas.

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  • Scouters need to be committed to that concept and not to their own opinions and preferences.

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  • Yesterday was a fun day of hanging out with Scouting friends, sharing ideas, and helping Scouters deliver the promise.

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  • What I find interesting is the different views on BSA policy and the way in which Scouters interpret the BSA training.

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  • Scouter Adam and I held a couple of sessions on using social media for your unit, and I taught Scouters about the Scoutmaster Conference, one of my most favorite subjects in Scouting.

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  • The electronic media is now a part of our daily Scouting lives, and I hope that this blog will help Scouters everywhere within their Scouting worlds.

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Synonyms

scoutmaster
vsscouter
  • Jargon
9 4.2

An adult who leads, trains, and cares for a troop of Scouts

is a broader adult leader who helps organize activities rather than lead a troop

How Experienced

commissioner
  • Formal
572 5.1
scoutmaster
  • Jargon
9 4.2
scouter
  • Jargon
1 6.5

Surface Forms

scouter singular
scouters plural

Morphology

scouter = scout (semi-transparent) = scout + er

The word is regularly formed with '-er', but the specific adult-leader sense in the Scout movement is somewhat specialized.

Etymology

The word scouter comes from scout plus the ending -er, so it means 'one who scouts' or 'one who helps scouts'. In the Boy Scouts it became the name for an adult leader who organizes activities and looks after the troop.