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boy scout

boy scout noun: a male member of the Scout Movement.

Noun (1)

boy scout (plural boy scouts)

  1. A male member of the Scout Movement.
  2. (derogatory, sometimes) A man adhering to the values of honesty and idealism, and possibly somewhat naive or unworldly.
    • An independently rich 52-year-old, he is very much a political boy scout, and has flailed the state Republican party as a cloistered "country club".1982, The Economist, volume 284, Economist Newspaper Ltd., page 24
    • But the bottom line is that Simon is running for president as the boy scout who adheres to traditional liberal policies and solutions.1987 October 2, Wall Street Journal

Noun (2) capitalized: Boy Scout

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.
    • Gore, of course, has never been a political Boy Scout, least of all when it comes to campaign finance.2003, Alexander Cockburn, Jeffrey St. Clair, Al Gore: a user's manual, Verso, page 233
    • When he arrived in Washington, some people thought of him as a Boy Scout, perhaps because he wore his hair in a crew cut.2004, Paul Alexander, Man of the People: The Life of John McCain, John Wiley and Sons, page 167

boy scout meaning in Tamil and Kannada

boy scout in Tamil

சாரணர்

boy scout in Kannada

ಸ್ಕೌಟ್ ಬಾಲಕ, ಬಾಲ ಚಮೂಚಾರ

Forms of boy scout

pluralboy scouts
alternative formBoy Scout
alternative formboyscout
pluralBoy Scouts
alternative formboy scout

Words formed from boy scout

Questions about boy scout

What does boy scout mean?
Boy scout means a male member of the Scout Movement.
What is boy scout in Tamil?
Boy scout in Tamil is சாரணர். See Boy scout meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is boy scout?
Boy scout is a noun.
What is the plural of boy scout?
The plural of boy scout is boy scouts.

Words near boy scout in the dictionary

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  4. boy racer
  5. boy racers
  6. boy scout
  7. Boy Scouting
  8. boy scoutish
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  10. boy shorts
  11. boy talk

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boy scout (page history and authors); Boy Scout (page history and authors); Boy Scout (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); boy scout (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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