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Boy Scout
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Boy Scout has 2 senses
- boy scout(n = noun.person) Array - a boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts; Array is a member of boy scouts
- boy scout(n = noun.person) Array - a man who is considered naive; Array is a kind of inexperienced person, innocent
has particulars: cub scout, eagle scout, rover, scouter, sea scout
is a kind of scout
CIDE DICTIONARY
Boy Scout,
Orig., a member of the “Boy Scouts,” an organization of boys founded in 1908, by Sir R. S. S. Baden-Powell , to promote good citizenship by creating in them a spirit of civic duty and of usefulness to others, by stimulating their interest in wholesome mental, moral, industrial, and physical activities, etc. Hence, a member of any of the other similar organizations, which are now worldwide. In “The Boy Scouts of America” the local councils are generally under a scout commissioner, under whose supervision are scout masters, each in charge of a troop of two or more patrols of eight scouts each, who are of three classes, tenderfoot , second-class scout , and first-class scout . [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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