"Boy Scout" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-Boy Scout.ogg [Australia] Forms: Boy Scouts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Boy Scout}} Boy Scout (plural Boy Scouts)
  1. A male member of the Scout Movement. Categories (topical): People, Scouting Synonyms: boy scout Derived forms: Boy Scouting Related terms: Girl Scout, Scouts, Scout's honor Translations (male member of the Scout Movement): 童子軍 (Chinese Mandarin), 童子军 (tóngzǐjūn) (Chinese Mandarin), 童軍 (Chinese Mandarin), 童军 (tóngjūn) (Chinese Mandarin), partiopoika (Finnish), scout [masculine] (French), éclaireur [masculine] (French), Boy Scout [masculine] (German), cserkészfiú (Hungarian), gasóg [feminine] (Irish), ボーイスカウト (bōi sukauto) (Japanese), スカウト (sukauto) (Japanese), escoteiro [masculine] (Portuguese), battasenda [masculine] (Rumantsch Grischun), бойска́ут (bojskáut) [masculine] (Russian), ска́ут (skáut) [masculine] (Russian), пионе́р (pionér) (note: in the USSR) [masculine] (Russian), niño explorador [masculine] (Spanish), izci (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Boy_Scout-en-noun-yTdXrsHg Disambiguation of People: 77 23 Disambiguation of Scouting: 89 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'male member of the Scout Movement': 97 3
  2. (slang) A person, especially a politician, who is idealistic and naive. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-Boy_Scout-en-noun-7YoWwdJq

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