eagle scout

American  

noun

1. a boy scout who has achieved the highest rank in U.S. scouting.

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Etymology

Origin of eagle scout

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15

Example Sentences

Copen, an Eagle Scout with Troop 67 in Santa Monica and a leader in the Scouts’ honor society Order of the Arrow, had seen the videos online of what the disasters had done to the camp where he had made so many memories.

From Los Angeles Times

One Scout used her Eagle Scout service project to create ash sifters, which the Scouts donated to fire stations in the Palisades and Altadena to help homeowners find valuables in the rubble.

From Los Angeles Times

Noah Rottner, an Eagle Scout with Troop 777 in West Hills who is also in the Order of the Arrow, said he had hoped to “help rebuild most of the stuff that’s been burnt and get most of the memories back.”

From Los Angeles Times

The American who first set foot on the lunar surface and proclaimed this moment as “one giant leap for mankind,” Neil Armstrong, was an Eagle Scout.

From The Wall Street Journal

I later became an Eagle Scout myself.

From The Wall Street Journal