Scout may refer to:
Youth movement
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Scout (Scouting), a child, usually 10–18 years of age, participating in the worldwide Scouting movement
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Scouts (The Scout Association), section for 10-14 year olds in the United Kingdom
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Scouts BSA, section for 11 to 17 year olds in the United States of America
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Scouts (Baden-Powell Scouts' Association), section is open to both boys and girls between the ages of 10–15 years, and are now formed into local Scout Troops
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Scouting, Scouting Movement or Scout Movement
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Traditional Scouting, a trend to return Scouting to traditional style and activities
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World Organization of the Scout Movement, the international body for Scout organisations
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The Scout Association, the national scout organisation for the United Kingdom
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Scouting (magazine), a publication of Scouting America
Military uses
Units
United States
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Blazer's Scouts, a unit who conducted irregular warfare during the American Civil War
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United States Army Indian Scouts, Native Americans who were active in the American West in the late 19th–early 20th centuries
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Apache Scouts, part of the United States Army Indian Scouts, who performed most of their service during the Apache Wars
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Cavalry scout, a reconnaissance specialist in the United States Army
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Philippine Scouts, a military organization of the United States Army from 1901 to 1948
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South Pacific Scouts, a jungle warfare unit formed during World War II from Fijians and Solomon Islanders
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Scout Sniper, a reconnaissance specialist in the U.S. Marine Corps
United Kingdom and Commonwealth
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Lovat Scouts, a Scottish Highland yeomanry regiment of the British Army in the Second Boer War
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Grey's Scouts, a Rhodesian mounted infantry unit raised in 1975
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Selous Scouts, a special forces regiment of the Rhodesian Army from 1973 to 1980
India
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Ladakh Scouts, an Indian Army high mountain and border security regiment specialized for the Ladakh region
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Arunachal Scouts, an Indian Army high mountain regiment specialized for the state of Arunachal Pradesh
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Sikkim Scouts, an Indian Army regiment specialized for the state of Sikkim
Pakistan
All are internal security and border forces in Pakistan
Equipment
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Scout (aircraft), pre-1920s (British) terminology for a single-seat fighter
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Scout plane, a type of shipborne surveillance aircraft
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Scout rifle, a class of general-purpose rifles
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Steyr Scout, a modern scoped bolt-action rifle manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher
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AD Scout, a fighter aircraft designed to defend Britain from Zeppelin bombers during World War I
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IAI Scout, an unmanned air vehicle used by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1982 Lebanon War
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Westland Scout, British military helicopter
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HMS Scout, the name of various British Royal Navy ships
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USS Scout, the name of various United States Navy ships
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Ajax (armoured vehicle), formerly Scout SV, an armoured fighting vehicle
Occupations
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Scout (association football), attends football matches to collect intelligence
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Scout (sport), a professional sports talent-scout
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Scout, a role responsible in artists and repertoire for recruiting recording artists and songwriters
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Scout or bedder, a domestic assistant at Oxford University
Transportation
Aircraft
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Aeronca K Scout, an American light airplane first marketed in 1937
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Aeryon Scout, a small reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed and built in Canada
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American Champion Scout, a two-seat, high-wing, single-engined airplane that entered production in the U.S. in 1974
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Eagles Wing Scout, an American powered parachute
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Tennessee Propellers Scout, an American powered parachute design
Other transportation
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Scout (autonomous boat), an autonomous boat designed to complete a transatlantic crossing
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Scout (train), a passenger train of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, inaugurated in 1916
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Scout Motor Services, absorbed into Ribble Motor Services, both former bus operators in North West England
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International Scout, an off-road vehicle which was produced from 1961 to 1980
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Scout (automobile), a planned electric vehicle brand owned by Volkswagen Group
Arts and entertainment
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Scout (1987 film), a 1987 British television film by Frank McGuinness in the anthology series ScreenPlay
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Scout (comics), a comic book series by Timothy Truman, first published in 1985
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Scout, a playable class type in the 2007 video game Team Fortress 2
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Scout trooper, a soldier of the Galactic Empire in Star Wars
Other uses
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Scout (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Scout
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Scout (operating system), at the University of Arizona
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Scout (rocket family), American launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth
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Scout (travel website), a travel website
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Scout.com, a sports publishing company
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Mars Scout Program, a U.S. initiative to send a series of small, low-cost robotic missions to Mars
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Scout, an education toy line of LeapFrog Enterprises
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Scout (Dutch parliament), an appointed role following a Dutch parliamentary election to assist in the formation of a new government
See also
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The Scout (disambiguation)
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Guide (disambiguation)
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Pioneer (disambiguation)
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Indian scout (disambiguation)