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

From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram

The fellow with hair like squirrel's fur—the little King's bear leader, whom you kept prisoner.

From Caesar and Cleopatra by Shaw, Bernard

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

From A Woman of Thirty by Balzac, Honoré de

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

From Man Size by Raine, William MacLeod

And the third member of the party was the Maharajah of Indorwana, an extremely troublesome young Indian royalty who was "seeing Europe" under the guardianship of his reluctant bear leader, Norwood.

From The Guests Of Hercules by Bracker, M. Leone

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