Baden-Powell

[ beyd-n-poh-uh l, bad-n-pou-uh l ]

/ ˈbeɪd nˈpoʊ əl, ˈbæd nˈpaʊ əl /

noun

Robert Stephenson Smyth

[smahyth] /smaɪθ/, 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 was as assiduous in his attentions to his men as any knight to his lady.

The Story of Baden-Powell |Harold Begbie
It is Baden-Powell's habit to keep in perfect readiness at his London house an entire kit for service abroad.

The Story of Baden-Powell |Harold Begbie
Baden-Powell's quality as a schoolboy may be judged by his later life.

The Story of Baden-Powell |Harold Begbie
Seldom does whip or spur come into play when Baden-Powell is fighting for the mastery with an undisciplined horse.

The Story of Baden-Powell |Harold Begbie

And that was the way in which Baden-Powell took the defeat of his great plan for breaking the tightening cordon round Mafeking.

The Story of Baden-Powell |Harold Begbie

British Dictionary definitions for baden-powell

Baden-Powell

/ (ˈbeɪdənˈpəʊəl, -ˈpaʊəl) /

noun

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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