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bru⋅in

  [broo-in]
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–noun
a bear, esp. a European brown bear.
Origin:
1475–85; < MD bruyn, bruun lit., the brown one, name of the bear in the fable of Reynard the Fox
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bru·in   (brōō'ĭn)   
n.  A bear.

[Middle English, name of the bear in History of Reynard the Fox, translated by William Caxton from Middle Dutch bruun, bruin, brown, name of the bear in the Middle Dutch version of the fable; see bher-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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bruin 
1481, from M.Du. Bruin, name of the bear in "Reynard the Fox" fables; lit. "brown;" cognate with O.E. brun (see brown).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

BRUIN
Brown University Interactive Language.
A simple interactive language with PL/I-like syntax, for IBM 360.
["Meeting the Computational Requirements of the University, Brown University Interactive Language", R.G. Munck, Proc 24th ACM Conf, 1969].
(1995-02-14)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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