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boy scouts

Variant of Boy Scout

  1. a member of the , a worldwide boys' organization, founded in England (1908), that stresses character, citizenship, outdoor life, and service to others; specif., a member of the division of (1910) for boys eleven to seventeen years of age
  2. Slang a man regarded as being very naive or idealistic: a disparaging term

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