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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- 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 , andfirst-class scout .
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- noun A person adhering to traditional values.
- noun slang, often pejorative A person, especially a
politician , who isidealistic andnaive
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- noun a boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts
- noun a man who is considered naive
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