Camp Fire Girl

American  

noun

1. a girl who is a member of Camp Fire, formerly Camp Fire Boys and Girls of America, a national organization of young people with the aim of building self-esteem, promoting a healthy lifestyle, developing character, and teaching leadership skills.

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Etymology

Origin of Camp Fire Girl

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Joseph Krenwinkel, 59, a stocky life insurance agent from Inglewood, described his daughter as a gentle child who loved animals, was once a Camp Fire Girl, sang in church choirs and attended summer Bible school.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jane Van Houten told much the same story about her daughter Leslie, a Camp Fire Girl, who took up the sousaphone in the sixth grade, was a homecoming princess at Monrovia High School.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since I have become a Camp Fire Girl I have learned that the true nobility is not of birth but of worth, and there should be no other in any country.

From The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit Or, over the Top with the Winnebagos by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)

She’s just set her heart on being a Camp Fire Girl and she’s determined that if she can’t be, Elizabeth shan’t be either—that’s all there is about it.”

From The Torch Bearer A Camp Fire Girls' Story by Thurston, I. T. (Ida Treadwell)

Mollie was so entirely unconscious, but she did seem to be intensely enjoying her first opportunity to prove herself a worthy Camp Fire Girl.

From The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill by Vandercook, Margaret