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单词 bearherd
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bearherdn.

Brit. /ˈbɛːhəːd/, U.S. /ˈbɛrˌhərd/
Forms: 1500s–1600s beareheard, 1500s–1600s bearheard, 1600s bearhard, 1700s– bearherd.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bear n.1, herd n.1
Etymology: < bear n.1 + herd n.1, probably as an alteration of bearard, variant of bearward n. (compare β. forms at that entry), with reanalysis of the second element as a reduced form of herd n.1 Compare earlier bearward n.
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.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or breeding other animals > [noun] > keeper or tamer of wild beasts
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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).
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