What is "crouse"

Crouse \Crouse\ (kr[=oo]s), a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Brisk; lively; bold; self-complacent. [Scot.]
--Burns. [1913 Webster] ||

a. (context Scotland English) brisk; lively; bold

Crouse is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Buck Crouse (January 6, 1897, Anderson, Indiana – October 23, 1983, Muncie, Indiana) was an American catcher in Major League Baseball.
• David Crouse (born 1971 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a short story writer and teacher.
• Deriek Crouse a police officer murdered at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2011
• George W. Crouse (November 23, 1832 - January 5, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
• Jeff Crouse is an American artist and hacker/creative technologist
• Jonathan Crouse is a radio broadcaster and afternoon host on CKBW.
• Lindsay Crouse (born May 12, 1948) is an American actress.
• Lindsay and Crouse was the writing team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.
• Lloyd Crouse (November 19, 1918 – April 28, 2007) was a retired businessman and Canadian politician.
• Nolan Crouse (born November 1953) is the current mayor of St. Albert, Alberta.
• Richard Crouse (1963, Canada-) was the host of Reel to Reel.
• Russel Crouse (20 February 1893 – 3 April 1966) was an American playwright and librettist
• Timothy Crouse is an American journalist and writer.
• Wayne Crouse (17 December 1924 - 19 May 2000) was the viola professor emeritus at the University of Oklahoma.