Boy Scout

See also: boy scout and boyscout

English

Boy Scout (plural Boy Scouts)

A male member of the Scout Movement.
(slang) A person, especially a politician, who is idealistic and naive.
- 2003 Alexander Cockburn & Jeffrey St. Clair, Al Gore: a user's manual, Verso, p233
  Gore, of course, has never been a political Boy Scout, least of all when it comes to campaign finance.
- 2004 Paul Alexander, Man of the People: The Life of John McCain, John Wiley and Sons, p167
  When he arrived in Washington, some people thought of him as a Boy Scout, perhaps because he wore his hair in a crew cut.

In places where scouting is co-ed, the term "Boy Scout" is generally not used. The term "Scout" is used instead.

male member of the Scout Movement

Chinese:
Mandarin: 童子軍／童子军 (zh) (tóngzǐjūn), 童軍／童军 (zh) (tóngjūn)
Finnish: partiopoika (fi)
French: scout (fr) m, éclaireur (fr) m
German: Boy Scout m
Hungarian: cserkészfiú (hu)
Irish: gasóg f
Japanese: ボーイスカウト (ja) (bōi sukauto), スカウト (sukauto)
Portuguese: escoteiro (pt) m
Rumantsch Grischun: battasenda m
Russian: бойска́ут (ru) m (bojskáut), ска́ут (ru) m (skáut), пионе́р (ru) m (pionér) (in the USSR)
Spanish: niño explorador m
Turkish: izci (tr)