Girl Scout
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1.8
- noun
- /ɡɜrl skaʊt/
:
scout
- During the event, the Girl Scout proudly presented her community service project to the audience.
Because bringing those two to the Pentagon was like bringing Brad Pitt to a Girl Scout party, right?
- Because bringing those two to the Pentagon was like bringing Brad Pitt to a Girl Scout party, right?
- and there's a little Girl Scout selling Girl Scout cookies and she gives me this incredible presentation.
- And he went, I just lied to a Girl Scout person.
Examples
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By nature, she was a good Girl Scout, always prepared for any eventuality.
Fiction book (1991) -
I was a Girl Scout once, in Indiana, toasting marshmallows around a campfire, and singing "Juanita" in close harmony.
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Guess those years as a Girl Scout paid off.
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We were selling Girl Scout cookies?
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You are such a Girl Scout.
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I also have a leadership role in the local Girl Scout council and am active with the children in my church.
Academic text (2006) -
Family, church, school, and Girl Scouts were important to her as she grew up.
Blog text (12) -
And she is taking her young daughter to a Girl Scout camp just north of Santa Barbara.
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She sells Girl Scout Cookies.
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There is much paperwork, many rules, and serious regulations to form a Girl Scout troop these days.
Blog text (3)
Synonyms
362
2.1
A young person in a youth group who learns outdoor skills, teamwork, and leadership
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'girl' + 'scout' denotes a scout who is a girl, i.e. a member of the Girl Scouts organization. This structure is cross-linguistically common (e.g. Girl Guides/Girl Scouts) and a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reasonably infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
The name Girl Scout comes from the words girl and scout, where a 'scout' is someone who explores and learns outdoors. When the organization began, it helped young girls learn new skills, do community work, and earn badges, so today a Girl Scout means 'a girl who is a member of that group'.