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boy scouts

boy scouts is the plural of boy scout.

Meaning of boy scout

Noun

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

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Noun capitalized: Boy Scouts

Boy Scouts

  1. (plural) plural of Boy Scout

Questions about boy scouts

What is boy scouts the plural of?
Boy scouts is the plural of boy scout.
What part of speech is boy scouts?
Boy scouts is a noun.

Words near boy scouts in the dictionary

  1. boy racer
  2. boy racers
  3. boy scout
  4. Boy Scouting
  5. boy scoutish
  6. boy scouts
  7. boy shorts
  8. boy talk
  9. boy toy
  10. boy toys
  11. boy wonder

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