eagle scout

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   a Boy Scout who has earned many merit badges

   BroaderBoy Scout

Questions about eagle scout

What does eagle scout mean?

eagle scout means "a Boy Scout who has earned many merit badges".

Is eagle scout a common word?

eagle scout is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.