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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Boy  scout  \Boy  scout\ 
  Orig.,  a  member  of  the  ``Boy  Scouts,''  an  organization  of 
  boys  founded  in  1908,  by  Sir  R.  S.  S.  Baden-Powell,  to 
  promote  good  citizenship  by  creating  in  them  a  spirit  of 
  civic  duty  and  of  usefulness  to  others  by  stimulating  their 
  interest  in  wholesome  mental,  moral,  industrial,  and  physical 
  activities,  etc  Hence  a  member  of  any  of  the  other  similar 
  organizations,  which  are  now  worldwide.  In  ``The  Boy  Scouts 
  of  America''  the  local  councils  are  generally  under  a  scout 
  commissioner,  under  whose  supervision  are  scout  masters,  each 
  in  charge  of  a  troop  of  two  or  more  patrols  of  eight  scouts 
  each  who  are  of  three  classes,  {tenderfoot},  {second-class 
  scout},  and  {first-class  scout}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tenderfoot  \Ten"der*foot`\,  n. 
  See  {Boy  scout}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tenderfoot  \Ten"der*foot`\,  n. 
  A  delicate  person;  one  not  inured  to  the  hardship  and 
  rudeness  of  pioneer  life.  [Slang,  Western  U.  S.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tenderfoot 
  n  :  an  inexperienced  person  (especially  someone  inexperienced  in 
  outdoor  living) 




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