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Definition of Talent scout
1. Noun. Someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports).
Category relationships: Athletics, Sport
Generic synonyms: Recruiter
Derivative terms: Scout
Lexicographical Neighbors of Talent Scout
Literary usage of Talent scout
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways by Jamie Jensen (2006)
"After he was discovered by an RCA talent scout in 1927, Rodgers' first record, "Sleep,
Baby, Sleep," sold over a million copies. For the next five years he ..."
2. The American Pageant Revisited: Recollections of a Stanford Historian by Thomas A. Bailey (1982)
"... who was reputed to have been a professional baseball player and who, I believe,
continued to serve as a talent scout for one of the major league teams. ..."
3. Women Marching Into the 21st Century: Wathint' Abafazi, Wathint' Imbokodo by Human Sciences Research Council (2000)
"... be sought in South Africa and so Busi was 'discovered' by a Gallo talent scout.
She moved to Johannesburg where she made recordings as Victoria Mhlongo. ..."
4. Black Composers of Southern Africa by Yvonne Huskisson, Sarita Hauptfleisch (1992)
"talent scout with TEAL RECORD CO, 1966-80. From July 1980 concentrated on TELA
RECORD COMPANY with own artists, operating and marketing in Gallo (Afrika) ..."
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