bear leader
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bear leader
First recorded in 1740–50
Example Sentences
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I asked of my companion—a most bright and amusing Eton boy—to whom I was playing bear leader.
From Border Ghost Stories by Pease, Howard
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 Savage, Richard
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
He had no desire to be bear leader for such a doubtful specimen as Barney.
From Man Size by Raine, William MacLeod
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