What is "bruin" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does bruin mean in English? Meaning of bruin definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "bruin" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "bruin": a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'

Noun

  • Meaning: a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'
  • Synonyms: bruin
  • Hypernyms: bear
  • Pronunciation in UK: /ˈbɹuːɪn/

    Meaning of "bruin": large ferocious bear of Eurasia

    Noun

  • Meaning: large ferocious bear of Eurasia
  • Synonyms: brown bear bruin ursus arctos
  • Hyponyms: alaskan brown bear grizzly grizzly bear kodiak kodiak bear silver-tip silvertip syrian bear ursus arctos horribilis ursus arctos middendorffi ursus arctos syriacus ursus horribilis ursus middendorffi
  • Hypernyms: bear
  • Pronunciation in UK: /ˈbɹuːɪn/

  • Adjective: A folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos. 1989, Keith Bosley, translating Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala, XVII: The mother sought the one gone / astray, for the lost she longs: / she ran great swamps as a wolf / trod the wilds as a bruin / waters as an otter roamed […].1989, Keith Bosley, translating Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala, XVII: The mother sought the one gone / astray, for the lost she longs: / she ran great swamps as a wolf / trod the wilds as a bruin / waters as an otter roamed […].
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