eagle scout
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of eagle scout
An Americanism dating back to 1910–15
Example Sentences
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"He was kind and accomplished – president of his class, an eagle scout, National Honor Society, band, an intern at city hall, among many other things."
From Fox News • Dec. 2, 2021
He was kind and accomplished – president of his class, an eagle scout, National Honor Society, band, an intern at city hall, among many other things.
From Fox News • Nov. 30, 2021
Scouts for Equality, a group created by 21-year-old Zach Wahls, a straight eagle scout with two mothers, has staged perhaps the most intense offensive.
From Time • May 21, 2013
Ranger Brad Wolgast, 21, an eagle scout and psychology student from Kansas, observes privately that the troop's adults and boys communicate poorly.
From Time Magazine Archive
He did not want to be a star scout; he must be an eagle scout.
From Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese
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