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    akela
    noun
    (in the Cub Scouts) a pack leader.
  • Akela
    Akela
    noun
    the adult leader of a pack of Cub Scouts

akela

American  
[uh-kee-luh] / əˈki lə /

noun

  1. (in the Cub Scouts) a pack leader.


Akela British  
/ ɑːˈkeɪlə /

noun

  1. US equivalent: Den Mother. the adult leader of a pack of Cub Scouts

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of akela

After Akela, leader of the wolf pack in The Jungle Books by Kipling


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"M3GAN" screenwriter Akela Cooper further reinforced M3GAN's reputation, saying the film's theme of found family rang true for many queer viewers.

From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2023

His nuptials with Akela Banuelos at an ocean-view vista in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., would mark the beginning of a new journey, and now here was the national team offering a fresh start.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2023

Credit the haute modness to the costume designer Daniel Cruden but her hauteur to the screenwriter Akela Cooper, who has a way with melodrama.

From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2023

Directed by Gerard Johnstone, from a screenplay by Akela Cooper.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2023

So Akela curled up on someone's palliasse, and silence fell.

From Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light by Vera C. (Vera Charlesworth) Barclay

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