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reconnoiter

verb, noun — 2 senses

reconnoiter

verb

UK /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtə/ · US /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtɚ/

Etymology From French reconnoître (obsolete spelling of reconnaître), from Latin recognoscere (“to recognize”). Contrarily, there is also an obsolete 19th-century British English spelling reconnaitre (now reconnoitre).

1

Government, Military, Politics, War US To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of acquiring information.

  • Our scout will reconnoiter the path ahead of our troops.
  • Not everything is exactly right on the Enterprise. Something is burning somewhere. People are firing guns. She's not entirely sure she wants to be there. As long as she is high up in the air, she reconnoiters the ship and confirms that there is no way off, no handy gangplanks or stairway thingies.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 395:
Synonyms
scout, survey
Derived terms
reconnoiteringly

reconnoiter

noun

Etymology From French reconnoître (obsolete spelling of reconnaître), from Latin recognoscere (“to recognize”). Contrarily, there is also an obsolete 19th-century British English spelling reconnaitre (now reconnoitre).

1

US An act or instance of reconnoitering.

  • The pilot reported the findings of his reconnoiter.
Related terms
recon, recce, reconnaissance

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.

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