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Boy Scout en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A male member of the Scout Movement.
2. (slang) A person, especially a politician, who is idealistic and naive.
   • Gore, of course, has never been a political Boy Scout, least of all when it comes to campaign finance. 2003, Alexander Cockburn, Jeffrey St. Clair, Al Gore: a user's manual, Verso, page 233:
   • When he arrived in Washington, some people thought of him as a Boy Scout, perhaps because he wore his hair in a crew cut. 2004, Paul Alexander, Man of the People: The Life of John McCain, John Wiley and Sons, page 167:

Forms

Deriveds

Boy Scouting

Relateds

Scout's honor · Scouts · Girl Scout

Translations (24)

cmn 童子軍 /童子军 (male member of the Scout Movement) · pt escoteiro (male member of the Scout Movement) · pl skaut (male member of the Scout Movement) · et noorkotkas (male member of the Scout Movement) · ru бойска́ут (male member of the Scout Movement) · fr scout (male member of the Scout Movement) · hu cserkészfiú (male member of the Scout Movement) · ko 보이스카우트 (male member of the Scout Movement) · ru ска́ут (male member of the Scout Movement) · rm battasenda (male member of the Scout Movement) · es niño explorador (male member of the Scout Movement) · de Boy Scout (male member of the Scout Movement) · cmn 童軍 /童军 (male member of the Scout Movement) · et skaut (male member of the Scout Movement) · vi thiếu sinh nam (male member of the Scout Movement) · fr éclaireur (male member of the Scout Movement) · tr izci (male member of the Scout Movement) · ga gasóg (male member of the Scout Movement) · fi partiopoika (male member of the Scout Movement) · ja ボーイスカウト (male member of the Scout Movement) · ru пионе́р (male member of the Scout Movement) · vi nam thiếu sinh (male member of the Scout Movement) · ja スカウト (male member of the Scout Movement) · ko 스카우트 (male member of the Scout Movement)