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Baden-Powell

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Ba·den-Pow·ell  (bdn-pl), Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth 1857-1941.
British soldier who founded the Boy Scouts (1908) and with his sister Agnes (1858-1945) the Girl Guides (1910).
Baden-Powell [ˈbeɪdənˈpəʊəl -ˈpaʊəl]
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(Biographies / Baden-Powell, Robert Stephenson Smyth, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857-1941) M, British, MILITARY: general, MISC: founder of Boy Scouts) 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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