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bear leader


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PRONUNCIATION:

(bair LEED-uhr)

MEANING:

noun: A tutor who travels with a young man.

ETYMOLOGY:

From allusion to a literal bear leader, a man who led a muzzled bear from place to place to perform in the streets. Earliest documented use: 1749.

USAGE:

“The description of the relation between the bear leader and his protege is quite entertaining.”
Giovanna Summerfield and Lisa Downward; New Perspectives on the European Bildungsroman; Continuum; 2010.

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