Eagle Scout
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈiɡəl skaʊt/
- US
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Eagle Scout
- Achieving the rank of Eagle Scout requires earning at least 21 merit badges and completing a community service project.
Matter of fact, I was the youngest Eagle Scout in the country.
- Matter of fact, I was the youngest Eagle Scout in the country.
- So I am a Christian and and an Eagle Scout.
- Is there, is there a, is everybody cut out to be an Eagle Scout?
- I was in Boy Scouts my whole life from Tiger Cubs, I think I started first grade or whatever to Eagle Scout, which was in high school.
Examples
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He was an Eagle Scout.
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I am an Eagle Scout and a member of the Boy Scouts National Honor Society Order of the Arrow.
Academic text (2010) -
I was an Eagle Scout
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" Printed in red and blue on white paper, a letter arrived last week from an Eagle Scout in New York."
Fiction book (1991) -
Matter of fact, I was the youngest Eagle Scout in the country.
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In other news, Christopher is getting close to becoming an Eagle Scout.
Blog text (1) -
Also, I recently earned my Eagle Scout Award, which is the highest award attainable in the Boy Scouts of America.
Academic text (2005) -
I was elected class president, student government presiding officer, and attained Eagle Scout when I was a senior in high school.
Academic text (1990) -
Hank attained the rank of Eagle Scout in the Order of the Straight Arrow.
Blog text (33) -
Spielberg is an Eagle Scout, and BSA literature and advertisements tout his affiliation.
Academic text (2000)
How Advanced
Surface Forms
Morphology
Eagle + Scout
This is the formal title for the highest rank in the Boy Scouts organization and refers to specific merit-badge and leadership requirements, information not contained in the literal meanings of 'eagle' (a bird) and 'scout' (a participant). Although 'eagle' can metaphorically suggest high status, the institutional, culture-specific nature of the term makes the full meaning unpredictable for a B1 learner who only knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Eagle Scout comes from the eagle badge given to the highest rank in the Boy Scouts, because the eagle stands for strength and flying high and the scout is the young member who earned it. So, Eagle Scout means 'a Boy Scout who has reached the highest rank'.