Scout Dictionary Terms and Definitions

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Dictionary Terms
Achievement	Activity Badge
Advancement	Akela
Akela Award	Area Director
Arrow of Light	Arrow of Light Award
Arrow Point	Assistant Cubmaster
Assistant Den Leader	Assistant Scoutmaster
Baden-Powell	Bear
Bend	Bight
Blue and Gold Banquet	Board of Review
Bobcat	Boy Scouts of America
Boy's Life	BSA Lifeguard
Buddy System	Bugler
Camp Director	Camporee
Captain	Charter
Chartered Organization	Chief Scout Executive
Climb on Safely	Coach
Color Guard	Commissioner
Committee Chairman	Compass Point Patch
COPE	Council
Cub Scout	Cub Scout Handshake
Cub Scout Motto	Cub Scout Promise
Cub Scout Salute	Cub Scout Sign
Cub Scouter	Cub Scouter Award
Cubmaster	Cubmaster Award
Day Camp	Den
Den Chief	Den Leader
Den Leader Award	Den Leader Coach
Den Leader Coach Award	Denner
Director of Field Services	District
District Commissioner	District Committee
District Executive	Eagle Scout
Elective	Explorer Post Advisor
Fifty-Miler Award	Firem'n Chit
First Class rank	Friends of Scouting
Gold Palm	Good Turn
Heroism Award	High Adventure Base
Historic Tails Award	Hitch
Honor Medal	Hornaday Award
Introduction to Leadership Skills	Jamboree
Junior Assistant Scoutmaster	Junior Leader Training
Klondike derby	Kodiak
KYBO	Leave No Trace
Life Scout rank	Lone Scout
Medal of Merit	Merit Badge
Merit Badge Counselor	Mile Swim
National Camping Award	National Camping School
National Court of Honor	Order of the Arrow
Outdoor Code	Pack
Pack Committee	Pack Meeting
Patrol	Patrol Leader
Patrol Method	Paul Bunyan Woodsman
Pinewood Derby	Pow Wow
Professional	Program Director
Provisional Troop	Quality Unit Award
Quartermaster	Rank
Religious Award	Roundtable
Running end	Safe Swim Defense
Safety Afloat	Scout Executive
Scout Law	Scout Motto
Scout Oath	Scout Slogan
Scouter	Scouting Magazine
Scoutmaster	Scoutmaster's Minute
Senior Patrol Leader	Senior Patrol Leader
Service Center	Service Star
Silver Antelope	Silver Beaver
Silver Buffalo	Silver Palm
Snorkeling, BSA	Squad
Standing end	Star rank
Stopper knot	SW Testing
Swim Check	Team
Tenderfoot rank	Tiger Cub
Tiger Cub Motto	Tiger Cub Program
Tiger Cub Promise	Totin' Chip
Tour Permit	Troop
Troop Committee	Troop Guide
Two-Deep Leadership	Uniform
Uniform Inspection	Unit
Unit Commissioner	Varsity Scouting
Venturing	Webelos
Wolf	Wood Badge
World Conservation Award	World Crest
Youth Protection Plan