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Boy Scout

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Noun

1. boy scout

a boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts

2. boy scout

a man who is considered naive

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Boy Scout

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noun
1.  Scout
2. US and Canadian informal
an apparently virtuous and innocent person

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Boy Scout

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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.  US; [b- s-]; Slang
a man regarded as being very naive or idealistic
, a disparaging term

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Boy Scout

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n.
1. A member of a worldwide organization of young men and boys, founded in England in 1908 for character development and citizenship training.
2. often boy scout Slang One whose attitudes and behavior are morally upright and often naive.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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