Library / English Dictionary

BOY SCOUT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Boy Scout" is a kind of...):

Scout (a Boy Scout or Girl Scout)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Boy Scout"):

Cub Scout (a junior Boy Scout)

Eagle Scout (a Boy Scout who has earned many merit badges)

rover; scouter (an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement)

Sea Scout (a Boy Scout enrolled in programs for water activities)

Holonyms ("Boy Scout" is a member of...):

Boy Scouts (an international (but decentralized) movement started in 1908 in England with the goal of teaching good citizenship to boys)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A man who is considered naive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("boy scout" is a kind of...):

inexperienced person; innocent (a person who lacks knowledge of evil)

Credits