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EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionarymology
New Latin, from Greek brontē thunder + sauros lizard; akin to Greek bremein to roarEnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionarybruin
plural bruins
Definition
- : bear sense 1 //Bears are the most popular animals in a number of our national parks. In the Smokies, where the population of bruins runs into the hundreds, opportunities to observe these large wild animals are plentiful during the summer. — Edward Spargo and Glenn R. Williston //A disturbing and all-too-common sign of a feeding bear is an overturned garbage can … its contents scattered about as the bruin searched for something edible in the trash. — Charles Fergus
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined aboveHistory and Etymology
Middle Dutch, name of the bear in Reynard the Foxbuccaneer
Definition
- : any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indiesbroadly : pirate
- : an unscrupulous adventurer especially in politics or business
bruin
plural bruins
Definition
- : bear sense 1 //Bears are the most popular animals in a number of our national parks. In the Smokies, where the population of bruins runs into the hundreds, opportunities to observe these large wild animals are plentiful during the summer. — Edward Spargo and Glenn R. Williston //A disturbing and all-too-common sign of a feeding bear is an overturned garbage can … its contents scattered about as the bruin searched for something edible in the trash. — Charles Fergus
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined aboveHistory and Etymology
Middle Dutch, name of the bear in Reynard the Foxbuccaneer
Definition
- : any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indiesbroadly : pirate
- : an unscrupulous adventurer especially in politics or business