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
Son of former FBI director William Sessions, this self-described "lifelong Republican" has the right family-values image: he is a former eagle scout who claims never to have missed a day of work.
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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