eagle scout

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of eagle scout¹

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15

Example Sentences

Achievement always marked his path: Eagle Scout, then Marine Corps—Iraq and Afghanistan—then Georgetown Law.

From The Daily Beast

McKenna here proved to remain an Eagle Scout in the very best sense amidst the bloodiest and most harrowing fight in the war.

From The Daily Beast

McKenna was quite literally an Eagle Scout as he grew up on East 2nd Street in Brooklyn.

From The Daily Beast

Enzi, on the other hand, grew up in Thermopolis, Wyoming, where he received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.

From The Daily Beast

Nevertheless, for some unfathomable reason, the Eagle Scout sticks around.

From The Daily Beast

Antelope was headed directly for Eagle Scout Butte, for the camp was in plain view from the top of this hill.

From Project Gutenberg

Once (oh, this happened several years before) he helped a boy in his patrol to become20 an Eagle Scout.

From Project Gutenberg

And do you mean to tell me that a scout can be any more of a scout than that—an Eagle Scout?

From Project Gutenberg

He was then and there an Eagle Scout and he did not know it.

From Project Gutenberg

He did not want to be a star scout; he must be an eagle scout.

From Project Gutenberg