white bear

American  

noun

1. polar bear.

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white bear British  

noun

1. another name for polar bear

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Etymology

Origin of white bear

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

The researchers also showed that suppression did not lead memories to rebound, as the white bear experiments might suggest.

From Scientific American • Sep. 20, 2023

In “East of the Sun and West of the Moon,” a Norwegian story, a father signs his daughter over to a large white bear in exchange for a promise of riches.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 27, 2017

They’re known as pizzlies or grolars, and they’re a fusion of the Arctic white bear and their brown cousins.

From Washington Post • May 23, 2016

We have … uh, really, quite a number of toys,” he said as he grabbed a stuffed white bear.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2015

I understand he claims that a pure white bear attacked him.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen