"Selous Scout" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Selous Scouts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Selous Scout}} Selous Scout (plural Selous Scouts)
  1. (historical) A member of a special forces unit of the Rhodesian army that operated during the Rhodesian Bush War from 1973 until 1980. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-Selous_Scout-en-noun-cgiPaeZ2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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