Akela

Definition

The leader of a pack of Cub Scouts.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani اَکیلَا (akelā) / अकेला (akelā, “alone”).

Example Sentences

• "Many packs have a sixer's council where the sixers, and sometimes the seconds, meet with Akela and some of the other leaders."
• "The incident that cost him his licence, flying his plane too close to a Scout hut, followed the discovery that his wife was having an affair with a local Akela."