eagle scout

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noun

a boy scout who has achieved the highest rank in U.S. scouting.

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Origin of eagle scout

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15

Words nearby eagle scout

eagle-eyed, eagle-hawk, eagle owl, Eagle Pass, eagle ray, eagle scout, eaglestone, eaglet, eaglewood, eagre, EAK

How to use eagle scout in a sentence

Achievement always marked his path: Eagle Scout, then Marine Corps—Iraq and Afghanistan—then Georgetown Law.
War Nostalgia Is Leading Veterans to Places Like Syria. One Went Missing There.|Elliot Ackerman|May 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
McKenna here proved to remain an Eagle Scout in the very best sense amidst the bloodiest and most harrowing fight in the war.
Why Was My Son Killed in Fallujah—and His Murderer Set Free?|Michael Daly|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
McKenna was quite literally an Eagle Scout as he grew up on East 2nd Street in Brooklyn.
Why Was My Son Killed in Fallujah—and His Murderer Set Free?|Michael Daly|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Enzi, on the other hand, grew up in Thermopolis, Wyoming, where he received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.
Mike Enzi Takes on Liz Cheney|Sandra McElwaine|October 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Nevertheless, for some unfathomable reason, the Eagle Scout sticks around.
Take That, Boy Scouts: I’m Rejecting My Eagle Award|Aaron Becker|August 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Antelope was headed directly for Eagle Scout Butte, for the camp was in plain view from the top of this hill.
Old Indian Days|[AKA Ohiyesa], Charles A. Eastman
Once (oh, this happened several years before) he helped a boy in his patrol to become20 an Eagle Scout.
Tom Slade at Black Lake|Percy Keese Fitzhugh
And do you mean to tell me that a scout can be any more of a scout than that—an Eagle Scout?
Tom Slade on Mystery Trail|Percy Keese Fitzhugh
He was then and there an Eagle Scout and he did not know it.
Tom Slade on Mystery Trail|Percy Keese Fitzhugh
He did not want to be a star scout; he must be an eagle scout.
Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp|Percy Keese Fitzhugh