scoutmaster

noun

scout·mas·ter ˈskau̇t-ˌma-stər

: the leader of a band of scouts

specifically : the adult leader of a troop of Boy Scouts

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Arthur was our neighborhood’s unofficial scoutmaster. —

Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025 Concurrently, his scout troop got a new scoutmaster who had lost a hand, inspiring Sam for his Eagle Scout project. —

Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Jan. 2024 Eaton also volunteered as an assistant scoutmaster in upstate New York with a unit of the Boy Scouts of America as recently as 2021. —

Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 27 Nov. 2023 Amir Malkin, a scoutmaster from Kadima, a town north of Tel Aviv about three hours’ drive from Moshav Yated, was quick to organize Scouts’ parents to make weekly trips to southern farms. —

Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2023 See all Example Sentences for scoutmaster