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bear leader
or bear-leader
noun
- (formerly) a tutor traveling with a wealthy or aristocratic young man.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bear leader1
First recorded in 1740–50
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Example Sentences
The fellow with hair like squirrel's fur—the little King's bear leader, whom you kept prisoner.
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I have neither spirits nor inclination for turning bear-leader, and it is not a position I wish to undertake.
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The bear-leader made signs to the people to be quiet, as he had something to say to them.
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I have been not unknown as a scholar, and yet forced to live by turning bear-leader, and teaching a boy to spell.
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I asked of my companion—a most bright and amusing Eton boy—to whom I was playing bear leader.
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