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noun
(in the Cub Scouts) a pack leader.
Origin:
after
Akela,
leader of the wolf pack in
The Jungle Books
by Kipling
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Akela
(ɑːˈkeɪlə)
—
n
(
Brit
) US equivalent:
Den Mother
the adult leader of a pack of Cub Scouts
[C20: after a character in Kipling's
The Jungle Book
(1894--95), who is the leader of a wolfpack]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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