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Eagle Scout

noun

A Boy Scout who has earned many merit badges.

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"Eagle scout" Quotes from Famous Books

... natural enthusiasm of the new scout was added his own natural enthusiasm and fine, high spirit. He did not want to be a star scout; he must be an eagle scout. He did not want the bronze cross or the silver cross; he would win the gold cross. The tenderfoot and second class ranks were not steps in scouting, they were steps to scouting. And until now he had thought of himself as an outsider. He was wrong in ...

— Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp • Percy Keese Fitzhugh

... years before) he helped a boy in his patrol to become an Eagle Scout. It was the talk of Temple Camp how, one more merit badge (astronomy) and Will O'Connor would be an Eagle Scout and Tom Slade, leader of the Elks, would have the only Eagle Scout at Camp in his patrol. He didn't care so much about being an Eagle Scout himself, but he wanted Will O'Connor to be ...

— Tom Slade at Black Lake • Percy Keese Fitzhugh