A Boy Scout is a member of a Scouting organization. There are thousands of national Scouting organizations or federations; these are grouped into six international Scouting associations with some non-aligned organizations. Many of these use Boy Scouts in their name, including:
- World Organization of the Scout Movement
- List of World Organization of the Scout Movement members
- World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
- List of World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts members
- Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d′Europe
- World Federation of Independent Scouts
- Order of World Scouts
- Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme
- List of non-aligned Scouting organizations
- Many Scouting organizations have a Boy Scouts section, or Scout section, see: Age groups in Scouting and Guiding
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“The truth is, this being errand boy to one hundred and fifty thousand people tires me so by night I am ready for bed instead of soirees.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
“The medieval town, with frieze
Of boy scouts from Nagoya?”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
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