Baden-Powell

American  

[beyd-n-poh-uhl, bad-n-pou-uhl] / ˈbeɪd nˈpoʊ əl, ˈbæd nˈpaʊ əl /

noun

1. Robert Stephenson Smyth 1st Baron, 1857–1941, British general who founded the Boy Scouts in 1908 and, with his sister Lady Agnes, the Girl Guides in 1910.

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Baden-Powell British  

/ -ˈpaʊəl, ˈbeɪdənˈpəʊəl /

noun

1. Robert Stephenson Smyth (smɪθ, smaɪθ), 1st Baron Baden-Powell. 1857–1941, British general, noted for his defence of Mafeking (1899–1900) in the Boer War; founder of the Boy Scouts (1908) and (with his sister Agnes) the Girl Guides (1910)

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Example Sentences

The club runs youth programmes and football teams for boys and girls in the area, having originally been opened as a boys-only club by the founder of the Scout Movement, Robert Baden-Powell.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2024

Baden-Powell trail, it was not burned in the Bridge fire.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2024

Several local towns and New York state’s Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation is working with the Baden-Powell Council of the Boy Scouts to try to preserve the land.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2022

My wife and I recently enrolled them in the Baden-Powell Service Association.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2020

However, within the last few days, Colonel Baden-Powell has taken advantage of the enemy's position upon this front to order the western outposts to spend some few hours in worrying the enemy.

From The Siege of Mafeking (1900) by Hamilton, J. Angus