Boy Scout

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Boy Scout (plural Boy Scouts)

  1. A male member of the Scout Movement.
  2. (slang) A person, especially a politician, who is idealistic and naive.
    • 2003, Alexander Cockburn, Jeffrey St. Clair, Al Gore: a user's manual, Verso, page 233:
      Gore, of course, has never been a political Boy Scout, least of all when it comes to campaign finance.
    • 2004, Paul Alexander, Man of the People: The Life of John McCain, John Wiley and Sons, page 167:
      When he arrived in Washington, some people thought of him as a Boy Scout, perhaps because he wore his hair in a crew cut.

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  • In places where scouting is co-ed, the term "Boy Scout" is generally not used. The term "Scout" is used instead.

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