webelos
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A young scout in the Boy Scouts of America who is working his way up to the Boy Scouts.
American usage
Example Sentences
- "As a Webelo (age 10), he earned all the awards available in that level of Scouting. […] He became a Boy Scout this year after moving up through Cubs and Webelos. As a Webelo, he earned all the[…]"
- ""He could jump right in as a Webelo.” Even before Art said it, everyone who'd ever seen Scot instinctively knew he was a Webelo. […] We just need some time to read a little more about Webelos."
- "I was teaching Wolf, Bear Dens, and Webelos on Tuesdays and Cubs on Wednesdays. I honestly don't know how I managed to handle this. I know Heavenly Father was giving me help. One of my sons was a Webelo and one was a Bear Cub."
- "“Not my finest hour,” he admitted with a faint smile. “But I did belong to the Webelos, if that helps.” “What's a Webelo?” Ian laughed. “Webelos. We be loyal Scouts.” “Are you in good standing with them?” “As far as I know.” “Then swear on your honor as a Webelo that you won't laugh.”"
- "“My boy's a Webelo. Why else would I be sleeping in a tent?! There's a reason we started building ... Then the Webelos came back, loudly talking about how they had all started fires. Pack 116, building pyromaniacs one boy at a time!"
- "I made it just far enough to become a “Webelo,” which is scouting's equivalent of a “tween,” a boy no longer a cub but not yet whatever is supposed to come next. A man? A bear? An eagle? A fake Indian? (Webelos are referred to as a[…]"
Etymology
An invented term that originated in the Boy Scouts of America c. 1954. The Bear Cub Scout Book of 1954 claims that "Webelos" is an American Indian tribe of which Akela is chief, and that the name comes from "Wolf, Bear, Lion, Scout." The rank of Lion Scout was later dropped, but the term "Webelos" was kept. Through folk etymology, it is now commonly stated that the term derives from "we'll be loyal Scouts," although this was not the term's original meaning.http://books.google.com/books?id=Nf0DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA4&dq=webelo+scout+%22wolf%22+bear+lion&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fXSNUN_-C9S80QHW6IGYAg&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=webelo%20scout%20%22wolf%22%20bear%20lion&f=false
Usage
- American usage