BOY SCOUT

add. ·- 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.