Boy Scout

See also: boy scout and boyscout

English

Alternative forms

• boy scout

Pronunciation

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Noun

Boy Scout (plural Boy Scouts)

1. A male member of the Scout Movement.
2. (slang) A person, especially a politician, who is idealistic and naive.
   • 2003, Alexander Cockburn, Jeffrey St. Clair, Al Gore: a user's manual, Verso, page 233:

     Gore, of course, has never been a political Boy Scout, least of all when it comes to campaign finance.

   • 2004, Paul Alexander, Man of the People: The Life of John McCain, John Wiley and Sons, page 167:

     When he arrived in Washington, some people thought of him as a Boy Scout, perhaps because he wore his hair in a crew cut.

Usage notes

• In places where scouting is co-ed, the term "Boy Scout" is generally not used. The term "Scout" is used instead.

Derived terms

• Boy Scouting

Translations

male member of the Scout Movement

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 童子軍／童子军 (zh) (tóngzǐjūn), 童軍／童军 (zh) (tóngjūn)

• Finnish: partiopoika (fi)
• French: scout (fr) m, éclaireur (fr) m
• German: Boy Scout m
• Hungarian: cserkészfiú (hu)
• Irish: gasóg f
• Japanese: ボーイスカウト (ja) (bōi sukauto), スカウト (ja) (sukauto)
• Portuguese: escoteiro (pt) m
• Rumantsch Grischun: battasenda m
• Russian: бойска́ут (ru) m (bojskáut), ска́ут (ru) m (skáut), пионе́р (ru) m (pionér) (in the USSR)
• Spanish: niño explorador m
• Turkish: izci (tr)

See also

• Girl Scout
• Scouts
• Scout's honor