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a bear, especially a European brown bear.
Origin:
1475–85; < Middle Dutch bruyn, bruun literally, the brown one, name of the bear in the fable of Reynard the Fox
1475–85; < Middle Dutch bruyn, bruun literally, the brown one, name of the bear in the fable of Reynard the Fox
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bruin
"bear," late 15c., from M.Du. Bruin, name of the bear in "Reynard the Fox" fables; lit. "brown;" cognate with O.E. brun (see brown).
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