Boy Scout
noun[C]
USorold-fashionedUKuk/ˌbɔɪ ˈskaʊt/us/ˈbɔɪ ˌskaʊt/the Boy Scouts[plural]
aninternationalorganizationthatencouragesboysto takepartinactivitiesoutsideand tobecomeresponsibleandindependent:
"I was alwaysinterestedin theoutdoorsas achild," he says. "I did a lot ofhikingandcamping, andjoinedtheBoyScouts."
amemberof theScouts:
童子军Iboughtaraffleticketfrom aBoyScout.
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Guide
Girl Guide
Girl Scout
See also
Scout
- After hisfamilysettledin Pennsylvania, hejoinedtheBoyScoutsandearnedtherankof Eagle, thehighestinscouting.
- Thecountyhas todecidewhether tofundtheBoyScoutsfor anotheryear.
- When youthinkof abakesale, youthinkof theBoyScoutsandelementaryschoolfund-raisers.
- This is the firstyearTimothy willcampout with theBoyScouts.
Named organizations & societies & their members
- AFC
- beaver
- Beaversphrase
- brownie
- charter member
- FRS
- masonry
- MLB
- MLS
- NAACP
- NASCAR
- pack
- parent-teacher association
- rainbow
- Scout leader
- the IOC
- the IRA
- the KKK
- the Red Crescent
- the Red Cross