bruin
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bruin
1475–85; < Middle Dutch bruyn, bruun literally, the brown one, name of the bear in the fable of Reynard the Fox
Example Sentences
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Animal control officers from Pasadena Humane confirmed that a bear was living under an Altadena house Sunday but could not be sure if the latest bear squatter was the same bruin from the earlier incident.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026
Dubbed “BB14,” this plump bruin and her three cubs have settled behind mansions, interrupted a Mahjong tournament, shut down streets, attracted a TV helicopter and snatched koi out of a man-made pond.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
Owen Beierman, 12, took aim at the bruin as it pinned down his dad while they were on a legal hunting trip.
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024
The man yelled at the bear and deployed his pepper spray after seeing the bruin “pouncing up and down” on Lokan and her tent.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2022
We began to think of taking up the bear traps as we thought that bruin had gone into winter quarters.
From Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. by Woodcock, Eldred Nathaniel
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