Thesaurus: Boy Scout

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1. n. a boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts
2. n. a man who is considered naive
3. 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.
4. Orig., a member of the "Boy Scouts," an organization of boysfounded in 1908, by Sir R. S. S. Baden-Powell, to promote goodcitizenship by creating in them a spirit of civic duty and ofusefulness to others, by stimulating their interest in wholesomemental, moral, industrial, and physical activities, etc. Hence, amember of any of the other similar organizations, which are nowworldwide. In "The Boy Scouts of America" the local councils aregenerally under a scout commissioner, under whose supervision arescout masters, each in charge of a troop of two or more patrols ofeight scouts each, who are of three classes, tenderfoot, second-classscout, and first-class scout.