boy scout

Questions about boy scout

What does boy scout mean?

boy scout means "a boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is boy scout a common word?

boy scout is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.