boy scouts

Variant of Boy Scout

Boy Scout definition

Boy Scout

  1. a member of the Boy Scouts, 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 Boy Scouts of America (1910) for boys eleven to seventeen years of age
  2. ☆ Slang a man regarded as being very naive or idealistic: a disparaging term

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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