单词 | bearherd |
释义 | bearherdn. Now historical and rare. In Britain: a person who takes care of bears, bulls, apes, or other animals, training and managing them for displays of public entertainment, such as baiting and dancing. Cf. bearward n. 1.Quot. 2016 is from a historical novel set in the 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or breeding other animals > [noun] > keeper or tamer of wild beasts bearward1179 leopard-man1390 masterc1425 bear-leader1503 bearherd1590 bear warden1740 lion-tamer1798 lion-keepera1843 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. B4 Nor bear-heard..to put his staffe in the mouth of the beare, or pull off these dogs? 1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (i. 13) i. 106 Bearhards that have their Bears at command. 1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn I. Introd. Epist. 2 The letter..gave me over corporeally and spiritually to the great bear-herd. 2016 N. Carson Railway Girl i. 13 The bear-herd fetched the bear out o' the pigsty and led him over to the old clay pit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1590 |
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