girl guide

girl guide
(sometimes caps.) a member of a British organization of girls (Girl Guides) founded in England by Lord Robert S. S. Baden-Powell and his sister Lady Agnes as a sister organization of the Girl Scouts.
[1905-10]

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  • Girl Guide — Girl Guides also girl guide 1) N PROPER COLL: the N In Britain, the Guides used to be called the Girl Guides. 2) N COUNT In Britain, a Girl Guide was a girl who was a member of the Girl Guides. Syn: Guide …   English dictionary

  • Girl Guide — n. a member of an organization (Girl Guides) in Great Britain, Canada, and other countries that is similar to the Girl Scouts …   English World dictionary

  • Girl Guide — Girl′ Guide′ n. a member of a British organization of girls founded as a sister organization of the Girl Scouts • Etymology: 1905–10 …   From formal English to slang

  • Girl Guide — ► NOUN ▪ a member of the Guides Association …   English terms dictionary

  • Girl Guide — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms Girl Guide : singular Girl Guide plural Girl Guides old fashioned a girl who is a guide …   English dictionary

  • girl guide — see Girl Guide …   English dictionary

  • Girl Guide — noun A member of the Girl Guides, a world wide youth organisation for girls. Known as Girl Scouts in the USA …   Wiktionary

  • girl guide — member of a Girl Guides organization (sister organization of the Girl Scouts) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Girl Guide — noun Date: 1909 a member of a worldwide scouting movement for girls 7 to 18 years of age that is equivalent to the Girl Scouts in the United States …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ˌGirl ˈGuide — noun [C] a girl who is a member of the Guides Association …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

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