cub scout

American  

noun

1. (sometimes initial capital letters) a member of the junior division (ages 8–10) of the Boy Scouts.

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Cub Scout British  

noun

1. a member of a junior branch (for those aged 8–11 years) of the Scout Association

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Example Sentences

Born in Brooklyn in 1941, Gale’s music career started when he played bugle for his cub scout brigade.

From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2020

According to the paper, cub scout leader Ingrid Loyau-Kennett asked him: "Would you like to give me what you have in your hands?"

From BBC • May 23, 2013

Some of them would scarcely faze a cub scout, and there is so much hiking in fog and snow, up hill and through bog, that Frodo seems at times like a mythical postman.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mowgli in his latest incarnation is a rather engaging and innocent little boy, more like a cub scout than a cub.

From Time Magazine Archive

Without warning, I went from being an active New York kid who loved baseball and being a cub scout to an invalid, confined to bed and isolated.

From Time Magazine Archive