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boyscout

boyscout is the alternative form 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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Forms of boyscout

pluralboyscouts

Questions about boyscout

What is boyscout the alternative form of?
Boyscout is the alternative form of boy scout.

Words near boyscout in the dictionary

  1. boys' love
  2. boys' names
  3. boys' room
  4. boys' rooms
  5. boys' toys
  6. boyscout
  7. boyscouts
  8. Boysel
  9. Boysen
  10. boysenberries
  11. boysenberry

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