"boy scout" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: boy scouts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} boy scout (plural boy scouts)
  1. A male member of the Scout Movement. Categories (topical): People, Scouting Synonyms: Boy Scout, boyscout [uncommon] Related terms: altar boy Translations (male member of the Scout Movement): 童軍 (Chinese Mandarin), 童军 (tóngjūn) (Chinese Mandarin), 男童軍 (Chinese Mandarin), 男童军 (nán tóngjūn) (Chinese Mandarin), skaut [masculine] (Czech), skolto (Esperanto), scout [masculine] (French), Pfadfinder [masculine] (German), πρόσκοπος (próskopos) [masculine] (Greek), scout [common-gender] (Swedish), pojkscout [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-boy_scout-en-noun-yTdXrsHg Disambiguation of People: 88 12 Disambiguation of Scouting: 93 7 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: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'male member of the Scout Movement': 99 1
  2. (sometimes derogatory) A man adhering to the values of honesty and idealism, and possibly somewhat naive or unworldly. Tags: derogatory, sometimes Translations (man adhering to the values of honor and honesty): bror Duktig (Swedish), präktig [adjective] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-boy_scout-en-noun--~XRgfHd Disambiguation of 'man adhering to the values of honor and honesty': 6 94

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