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Definition of Scouters
1. scouter [n] - See also: scouter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scouters
Literary usage of Scouters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Life and Services of Captain Samuel Dewees: A Native of by John Smith Hanna (1844)
"Notwithstanding all the precaution used in detaching flankers and scouters, the
Indians would give us a shot (from their ambuscades) and a yell, ..."
2. The Poniard's Hilt: Or, Karadeucq and Ronan; a Tale of Bagauders and Vagres by Eugène Sue (1908)
"Send out scouters against scouters; keep the bulk of your men in reserve and have
them entrench themselves behind the wagons." "Monk, you are right. ..."
3. Thrilling adventures of Daniel Ellis, the great Union guide of east by Daniel Ellis (1867)
"... for the purpose of hunting for scouters. When they arrived at the mountain,
the rebels ordered their prisoner to show them the camps of the scouters; ..."
4. The Life and Times of Aaron Burr by James Parton (1893)
"A few days after the affair of the scouters, the house of one Gedney was robbed
by night, and the family insulted and alarmed. The next morning, a son of ..."
5. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... where rough ground concealed his real force, while his scouters beat back the
French outposts, and a battalion marching higher up menaced the fords ..."
6. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1809)
"... quoth lamie; and thereupon he began as followeth : My Fellow scouters, I mean
not to trouble you with any ..."
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