jamboree

UK/ˌdʒæm.bəˈɹiː/

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Other forms: jamborees

A jamboree is a large lively celebration or rally. A summer jamboree.

It suggests noise and crowds rather than any formality. Baden-Powell chose the word for the international Scout gathering in 1920, and that is now its main use.

Definitions of jamboree

1nounjamboreeA large lively celebration or rally.C2
“The whole village jamboree lasted three days and cost nothing.”

jamboree is a celebration.

Remember it

JAMboree → a JAM of people, all of them happy

A jam of people in the square, music and flags, and nobody going home.

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Where it comes from

The word is nineteenth-century American slang of unknown origin, adopted by the Scout movement in 1919.

unknown 19th-century American slang. Chosen by Baden-Powell in 1919 for use in the Scout Movement.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

jamboree in the wild

A jamboree is any large, lively, often noisy gathering or festive celebration and is applied to music jamborees, sales jamborees and motor racing jamborees.
Jamboree
For specific anniversaries, themed jamborees have been organised.
Scout Association of Hong Kong
Rumsfeld was a case regarding the United States Armed Forces and their support of the Boy Scouts of America's national Scout jamborees.
Winkler v. Rumsfeld
At the time of the case, the US Department of Defense (DOD) was the official host of the jamboree.
Winkler v. Rumsfeld
With about 30,000 Scouts and over 300,000 visitors attending, this jamboree was the largest jamboree so far.
3rd World Scout Jamboree

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