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bear leader

American  
Or bear-leader

noun

  1. (formerly) a tutor traveling with a wealthy or aristocratic young man.


Etymology

Origin of bear leader

First recorded in 1740–50

Example Sentences

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I can perhaps frighten her with the idea that Madame Louison wishes to supplant her as lady bear leader.

From A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story by Richard Savage

You don't want any Van Dam for a bear leader.

From The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day by Harriet Stark

He had no desire to be bear leader for such a doubtful specimen as Barney.

From Man Size by William MacLeod Raine

I am a bear leader who daily trembles lest the muzzle should give way at last.

From A Woman of Thirty by Honoré de Balzac

It must be almost the renewal of his youth to start as bear leader again.”

From The Red Derelict by Bertram Mitford

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