scout

Meanings

• a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
• a Boy Scout or Girl Scout
• someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
• someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
• explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody

Synonyms

guide, lookout, lookout man, pathfinder, picket, reconnoiter, reconnoitre, sentinel, sentry, spotter, talent scout, watch