bruin

[ broo-in ]

noun
  1. a bear, especially a European brown bear.

Origin of bruin

1
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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How to use bruin in a sentence

  • He then commenced cogitating how he would act, should bruin have the hardihood to face him in the daytime.

    Wild Western Scenes | John Beauchamp Jones

British Dictionary definitions for bruin

bruin

/ (ˈbruːɪn) /


noun
  1. a name for a bear, used in children's tales, fables, etc

Origin of bruin

1
C17: from Dutch bruin brown, the name of the bear in the epic Reynard the Fox

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