| slovo | definícia |
Boy scout
(gcide) | Boy scout \Boy scout\
Orig., a member of the "Boy Scouts," an organization of boys
founded in 1908, by Sir R. S. S. Baden-Powell, to promote
good citizenship by creating in them a spirit of civic duty
and of usefulness to others, by stimulating their interest in
wholesome mental, moral, industrial, and physical activities,
etc. Hence, a member of any of the other similar
organizations, which are now worldwide. In "The Boy Scouts of
America" the local councils are generally under a scout
commissioner, under whose supervision are scout masters, each
in charge of a troop of two or more patrols of eight scouts
each, who are of three classes, tenderfoot, {second-class
scout}, and first-class scout.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
boy scout
(wn) | Boy Scout
n 1: a boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts
2: a man who is considered naive |
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Boy scout
(gcide) | Boy scout \Boy scout\
Orig., a member of the "Boy Scouts," an organization of boys
founded in 1908, by Sir R. S. S. Baden-Powell, to promote
good citizenship by creating in them a spirit of civic duty
and of usefulness to others, by stimulating their interest in
wholesome mental, moral, industrial, and physical activities,
etc. Hence, a member of any of the other similar
organizations, which are now worldwide. In "The Boy Scouts of
America" the local councils are generally under a scout
commissioner, under whose supervision are scout masters, each
in charge of a troop of two or more patrols of eight scouts
each, who are of three classes, tenderfoot, {second-class
scout}, and first-class scout.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
boy scout
(wn) | Boy Scout
n 1: a boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts
2: a man who is considered naive |
boy scouts
(wn) | Boy Scouts
n 1: an international (but decentralized) movement started in
1908 in England with the goal of teaching good citizenship
to boys |
boy scouts of america
(wn) | Boy Scouts of America
n 1: a corporation that operates through a national council that
charters local councils all over the United States; the
purpose is character building and citizenship training |
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