From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Tenderfoot \Ten"der*foot`\, n.
1. A delicate person; one not inured to the hardship and
rudeness of pioneer life. [Slang, Western U. S.]
[1913 Webster]
2. See {Boy scout}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Boy scout \Boy scout\
Orig., a member of the "Boy Scouts," an organization of boys
founded in 1908, by Sir R. S. S. Baden-Powell, to promote
good citizenship by creating in them a spirit of civic duty
and of usefulness to others, by stimulating their interest in
wholesome mental, moral, industrial, and physical activities,
etc. Hence, a member of any of the other similar
organizations, which are now worldwide. In "The Boy Scouts of
America" the local councils are generally under a scout
commissioner, under whose supervision are scout masters, each
in charge of a troop of two or more patrols of eight scouts
each, who are of three classes, {tenderfoot}, {second-class
scout}, and {first-class scout}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tenderfoot
n 1: an inexperienced person (especially someone inexperienced
in outdoor living)
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