girl scout

Thân thiện

A girl scout sells cookies at a neighborhood booth.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A girl who is a member of the Girl Scouts: A "girl scout" is a young female member of the Girl Scouts, a worldwide youth organization focused on character development, life skills, and community service.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • My daughter became a girl scout last year and loves selling cookies.
  • The girl scout helped the elderly woman cross the street as part of her community service.

Advanced Usage

• "Girl Scout" (as a proper noun): When referring specifically to the organization or its official members, it is often capitalized as "Girl Scout."
  • She earned every badge required to become a Lifetime Girl Scout.

Variants and Related Words

• Girl Scouts (n): The name of the organization itself.
  • The Girl Scouts of the USA was founded in 1912.
• Scout (n): A more general term for a member of any scouting organization.
• Brownie (n): A term for a junior-level member in some Girl Scout organizations.

Synonyms

• Member of the Girl Guides: (Used in many countries outside the USA).
• Young scout.

Related Phrases

• Girl Scout cookie: A popular term for the cookies sold by Girl Scouts as an annual fundraiser.
  • Have you bought your Girl Scout cookies this year?
• Girl Scout troop: A local group or unit of Girl Scouts.
  • Her Girl Scout troop is going camping next weekend.

Related Idioms

• To be a (real) Girl Scout: An informal idiom used to describe someone who is exceptionally helpful, trustworthy, or virtuous, akin to the values promoted by the organization.
  • She helped me clean up the entire mess—she's a real Girl Scout.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a girl who is a member of the Girl Scouts

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