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sixer

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A child who leads a Cub Scout group of six

noun
/ˈsɪkər/

Jargon

: jefe de un grupo de seis

As the sixer of the group, she was responsible for organizing the activities for the Cub Scouts.

Examples

During the meeting, the sixer guided the other children in making friendship bracelets.
The little boy was excited when his father introduced him to the sixer who led his Cub Scout troop.
Nothing compares to Showtime and the Laker/Celtic/Sixer games of the '80s.

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Surface Forms

sixer singular

sixers plural

Morphology

sixer = six (semi-transparent) = six + er

Morphologically 'six' + '-er' indicates a person associated with a group of six, but the specific role 'leader' is an institutional convention within scouting and not a generic inference.

Etymology

Sixer in Cub Scouts comes from six and -er, so it means the 'leader of six' children who looks after and organises their small group.