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Girl Guides
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English
Proper noun
Girl Guides
en UK Canada A worldwide youth organisation for girls. Known as Girl Scouts in the USA.
1935 July 16, Kenya Gazette, page 802,
The proviso to clause 5 makes it possible for existing Girl Guides organizations which were not formed and do not function under the authority of the Girl Guides Association to avoid the penalties prescribed by the Bill.
en 2002 Robert T. Grimm Notable American Philanthropists: Biographies of Giving and Volunteering 189 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=vIdSBOiSazsC&pg=PA189&dq=%22Girl+Guide%22%7C%22Girl+Guides%22+-intitle:%22guide%7Cguides%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tcxhT4XwMY_NmQWNwZCOCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Girl%20Guide%22%7C%22Girl%20Guides%22%20-intitle%3A%22guide%7Cguides%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false Baden-Powell enlisted his sister, Agnes Baden-Powell, to help him form the Girl Guides, when, at his first call to form the group, 6,000 girls registered.
en 2002 Scott Mitchell Secret Toronto: The Unique Guidebook to Toronto′s Hidden Sites, Sounds & Tastes 117 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=q8BUvl2nNTAC&pg=PA117&dq=%22Girl+Guide%22%7C%22Girl+Guides%22+-intitle:%22guide%7Cguides%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=38hhT6b5IqzEmQXg7rWGCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Girl%20Guide%22%7C%22Girl%20Guides%22%20-intitle%3A%22guide%7Cguides%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false A small satellite exhibition at Casa Loma (1 Austin Tce 416-923-1171) celebrates the contributions of Lady Mary Pellatt, wife of the castle′s builder, to Girl Guides in Canada.
en 2004 Brian Carroll Australia's Governors General: From Hopetoun to Jeffery 103 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=gmnBE78V4NIC&pg=PA103&dq=%22Girl+Guide%22%7C%22Girl+Guides%22+australia+-intitle:%22guide%7Cguides%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=d9NhT8GnOfHjmAW8r6SHCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Girl%20Guide%22%7C%22Girl%20Guides%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22guide%7Cguides%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false Hore-Ruthven accepted appointment as Governor of South Australia, arrived in Adelaide in May 1928, and began to travel the state by Moth aeroplane. He took an active role in the Boy Scouts, his wife in the Girl Guides.
Translations
youth organisation
German: de Pfadfinderinnenbewegung f
Polish: pl harcerstwo dla dziewcząt n
Thai: th เนตรนารี nâyt naaree
Noun
en noun form Girl Guides
en Girl Guide
en Scouting