Scouters

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person who searches out promising talent, such as athletes or performers, or gathers information for an organization ; an adult who leads and volunteers with a Scouting troop
2. One who seeks out prospects or intelligence for a team or company ; a grown volunteer who guides young members in a Scout group
3. Someone employed to spot and evaluate talented recruits or to gather intelligence ; a mature adult who runs activities and mentors children in the Scouts

Etymology: "Scouters" is the plural of "scouter", so it names more than one person or thing that scouts. The noun it belongs to comes from the verb "scout", which goes back to the Middle English verb "scouten", meaning to reconnoitre, spy out or observe. The "-er" ending turns that action into the name of the one who performs it. The plural form is simply the regular English way of marking more than one of those people. Whether the group is military scouts, talent spotters or a youth movement's members, the word keeps the same core idea of someone sent ahead to look things over before the main party arrives.

Synonyms: scouts, observers, trackers, explorers