单词 | girl guide |
释义 | Girl Guiden. A member of any of the national guiding organizations (e.g. Girlguiding UK, formerly the (Girl) Guides Association) formed as a counterpart to the Scouts Association and providing activities and challenges for girls through regular meetings, camps, etc.; = guide n. 2d. Also in extended use (frequently attributive), implying practicality, helpfulness, innocence, etc. Cf. Girl Scout n.The Girl Guides Association was founded in 1910 by Lord Baden-Powell (1857–1941).Girlguiding UK is divided into several sections, by age: see also rainbow n. 6 and brownie n.1 2. There is also a Senior section for members aged from 14 to 25. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > specific youth organizations > members of scouts or guides Boy Scout1908 patrol leader1908 scout1908 scoutmaster1908 tenderfoot1908 captain1909 Girl Guide1909 Girl Scout1909 lieutenant1909 pathfinder1911 sea scout1911 rosebud1914 brownie1916 sixer1916 tenderpad1916 Brown Owl1918 rover1918 Rover Scout1918 ranger1920 tawny owl1921 Cub1922 Akela1924 scouter1930 Guider1931 den mother1936 Queen's Guide1946 Queen's Scout1952 Venture Scout1966 Beaver1975 skipper1986 1909 Boy Scouts' Headquarters' Gaz. Nov. 12/1 (heading) The scheme for ‘Girl Guides’. 1909 Boy Scouts' Headquarters' Gaz. Nov. 12/2 Girl Guides. Training and Organisation. Uniform.—Jersey of Company Colour..Skirt, Knickers, Stockings dark blue. 1932 H. Nicolson Public Faces viii. 213 She entered, swinging her hips a little with what Shorland had once called her girl-guide gait. 1956 M. Dickens Angel in Corner x. 182 Don't get nasty with me, just because you did your girl guide act, and I wouldn't play boy scout. 1970 Times 16 May 27/3 Gone are the days of ‘roughing it’ which you may remember from Boy Scout or Girl Guide camps. 1999 Independent (Nexis) 14 July 12 The team have lined up nine oildrums in sets of three, and are lashing them together. I'm no Girl Guide, but even I can see that it's not going to work. Derivatives ˌGirl ˈGuider n. an adult leader of a group of Guides. ΚΠ 1921 C. W. Saleeby Eugenic Prospect i. xi. 103 The pity of it is that his [sc. Sir Robert Baden Powell's] nation-saving work should be hampered as it is by the chronic dearth of scout masters and girl guiders. 1998 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 18 Apr. 60 Mrs Green worked as a housemother in a children's home, and she has been a girl guider and a Sunday school teacher as well. ˌgirl-ˈguidey adj. = girl-guidish adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [adjective] > members of scouts or guides girl-guidish1922 girl-guidey1931 scoutmasterish1937 scoutmasterly1954 1931 R. Aldington Colonel's Daughter iii. 120 ‘I don't know anything about such things,’ she said, very Girl-Guidey and pure. 1993 Sunday Times (Nexis) 11 Apr. In some East African tribes, female initiation takes a girl-guidey form, with camps in the bush and songs about wifely duties. ˈgirl-ˌguidish adj. relating to or characteristic of a Guide. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [adjective] > members of scouts or guides girl-guidish1922 girl-guidey1931 scoutmasterish1937 scoutmasterly1954 1922 L. M. Middleton Happy Adventurers viii. 301 Her short, blue-serge skirt..made no pretence at hiding her serviceable blue knickers, from which emerged a pair of useful girl-guidish legs. 1963 Listener 10 Jan. 96/3 If occasionally girl-guidish, she has a sharp eye. 2006 Guardian (Nexis) 25 May (Review section) 36 Podger's introductions brimmed with girl-guidish enthusiasm, but they certainly jollied things along. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1909 |
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