Cub Scout
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2.7
- noun
- /kʌb skaʊt/
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- As a Cub Scout, I learned important skills like tying knots and building fires.
- Cub Scout pack
- Cub Scout uniform
- Cub Scout den
I was in Cub Scouts, and if you don't know about Cub Scouts, it's sort of like the junior thing for the Boy Scouts.
- I was in Cub Scouts, and if you don't know about Cub Scouts, it's sort of like the junior thing for the Boy Scouts.
Examples
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I belonged to a Cub Scout pack that met in a clubhouse in Billy Barnes's yard.
Fiction book (1997) -
My name's Elliot, and I'm with the Cub Scouts of America.
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We had one of these at Cub Scout camp.
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I was in, uh, Cub Scouts with your brother.
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Have a Cub Scout meeting or something?
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I was a Cub Scout leader and a Boy Scout leader.
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And Charlie, in his Cub Scout uniform and new glasses.
Fiction book (1998) -
He was a kid I knew in Cub Scouts.
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As a parent of Cub Scouts, I have no reservations about my boys being scouts.
Blog text (25) -
Do you remember when we were Cub Scouts and we got lost in the woods during that blizzard?
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
362
2.1
A young person in a youth group who learns outdoor skills, teamwork, and leadership
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2.2
A young person in a group who learns camping, first aid and how to help others
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a young/junior member of the Scout movement' is directly and compositionally derived from 'cub' (a young or inexperienced person) + 'Scout' (a member of Scouting). This pattern (young + role) is cross-linguistically common and follows a straightforward noun–noun compound logic, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Cub Scout comes from comparing young children to a small animal, a cub, and from scout, a person who learns outdoor skills. So Cub Scout means 'a young member of the Scouts'.