talent scout
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈtæl.ənt skaʊt/
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- Maybe a talent scout will see your picture in one of the big magazines and offer you a film contract.
- talent scout and producer
- legendary talent scout
- college talent scout
And I got a phone call off a woman called Martha Delac from MTV, a talent, a talent scout.
- And I got a phone call off a woman called Martha Delac from MTV, a talent, a talent scout.
Examples
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He's a well-known talent scout who discovers new musicians for major record labels.
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A talent scout spotted me.
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- We got agents and talent scouts coming in.
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-We're having lunch with a talent scout.
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We're talent scouts for a new ball league.
Fiction book (2002) -
Did I ever tell you that I was a talent scout for a major motion picture studio?
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At the age of 18, she was discovered while dancing at a Los Angeles nightclub by a talent scout for Prince.
Blog text (5) -
She announced the man's identity as a talent scout for the NBC studios in New York City.
Blog text (29) -
Twelve-year-old Frances was the standout... ...and talent scouts from MGM decided to give her a chance.
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In-house talent scouts saw Mitchum's potential, and RKO, a once-mighty second-tier studio that came to specialize in action and horror films, signed him to a contract in 1944.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
152
3.2
A person who looks for talented people to join a team or show
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2.9
A person who finds and hires people for a company or group
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6.1
A person or company that finds and hires people for jobs especially high-level ones
How Effective
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who finds and recruits talented people' is directly and compositionally derived from 'talent' (notable skill) + 'scout' (person who seeks or recruits). This noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic compounding pattern and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The noun talent scout comes from seeing a scout as someone who goes out to 'search' and talent as a natural skill. So a talent scout today is a person who looks for skilled people and helps hire or recruit them.