white bearn.

Brit.

/ˌwʌɪt ˈbɛː/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)waɪt ˈbɛ(ə)r/

Forms: see white adj. and n. and bear n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., bear n.¹

Etymology: < white adj. + bear n.¹With sense 1 compare Middle Dutch witte baer , Old Icelandic hvítabjǫrn , and also post-classical Latin ursus albus (a1364 in the passage translated in quot. a1387 at sense 1, or earlier), Spanish oso blanco (c1350), all in sense ‘polar bear’.

1. The polar bear, Thalarctos maritimus.Not always clearly distinguishable from sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Ursidae (bear) > [noun] > genus Thalarctos (polar bear)

white beara1387

water bear1607

polar bear1769

sea-bear1829

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 323 (MED) Islond, þat ilond, haþ..in þe north þe froren see..and þere beeþ þe whyte beres [L. ursi albi] þat brekeþ þe yse for to drawe out fische.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 257^v Blacke wolves and whyte beares are hunted.

1600 R. Hakluyt tr. in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 6 The soile is barren in some places,..but it is full of white beares.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors iii. 66 The most esteem'd Furrs are the skins of black Foxes, Sables, Castors, white Bears [Fr. d'ours blanc], Ermins, and Squirrels.

1823 Canad. Mag. 1 394 The great white bear takes refuge in the most icy climates.

1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 62 The white bear, seated on a solitary iceberg in the Polar Sea.

1953 W. B. Mowery Sagas of Mounted Police 149 [He had] several livid weals across his left cheek where a white bear had once clawed him.

2009 J. Watson Swan Maiden xxix He..had hoped to present their king with a fine rack in exchange for the fabled white bear fur from the icelands.

2. A grizzly bear ( Ursus arctos horribilis) of a pale colour phase.Not always clearly distinguishable from sense 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Ursidae (bear) > [noun] > genus Ursus > ursus arctos > brown or grizzly bear

bruin1481

Russian bear1607

game-beara1640

white bear1791

grizzly bear1807

grizzly1808

old man1886

silver-tip1886

1791 J. Long Voy. Indian Interpreter 95 The large white bear, commonly called the grizly bear, is a very dangerous animal.

1807 P. Gass Jrnl. vii. 82 Captain Lewis and some of the men travelled some distance by land and killed a white bear.

1852 J. Reynolds Pioneer Hist. Illinois 172 He was destroyed there [i.e. in the Rocky Mountains] by a white bear.

1952 J. Jennings Strange Brigade (1954) 105 There were also red deer or biche, and white bears and white partridges.

2006 D. Peacock & A. Peacock In Presence of Grizzlies 30 The white bears are grizzlies, not polar bears.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	white bear
释义	white bearn. Brit. /ˌwʌɪt ˈbɛː/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪt ˈbɛ(ə)r/ Forms: see white adj. and n. and bear n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., bear n.¹ Etymology: < white adj. + bear n.¹With sense 1 compare Middle Dutch witte baer , Old Icelandic hvítabjǫrn , and also post-classical Latin ursus albus (a1364 in the passage translated in quot. a1387 at sense 1, or earlier), Spanish oso blanco (c1350), all in sense ‘polar bear’. 1. The polar bear, Thalarctos maritimus.Not always clearly distinguishable from sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Ursidae (bear) > [noun] > genus Thalarctos (polar bear) white beara1387 water bear1607 polar bear1769 sea-bear1829 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 323 (MED) Islond, þat ilond, haþ..in þe north þe froren see..and þere beeþ þe whyte beres [L. ursi albi] þat brekeþ þe yse for to drawe out fische. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 257^v Blacke wolves and whyte beares are hunted. 1600 R. Hakluyt tr. in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 6 The soile is barren in some places,..but it is full of white beares. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors iii. 66 The most esteem'd Furrs are the skins of black Foxes, Sables, Castors, white Bears [Fr. d'ours blanc], Ermins, and Squirrels. 1823 Canad. Mag. 1 394 The great white bear takes refuge in the most icy climates. 1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 62 The white bear, seated on a solitary iceberg in the Polar Sea. 1953 W. B. Mowery Sagas of Mounted Police 149 [He had] several livid weals across his left cheek where a white bear had once clawed him. 2009 J. Watson Swan Maiden xxix He..had hoped to present their king with a fine rack in exchange for the fabled white bear fur from the icelands. 2. A grizzly bear ( Ursus arctos horribilis) of a pale colour phase.Not always clearly distinguishable from sense 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Ursidae (bear) > [noun] > genus Ursus > ursus arctos > brown or grizzly bear bruin1481 Russian bear1607 game-beara1640 white bear1791 grizzly bear1807 grizzly1808 old man1886 silver-tip1886 1791 J. Long Voy. Indian Interpreter 95 The large white bear, commonly called the grizly bear, is a very dangerous animal. 1807 P. Gass Jrnl. vii. 82 Captain Lewis and some of the men travelled some distance by land and killed a white bear. 1852 J. Reynolds Pioneer Hist. Illinois 172 He was destroyed there [i.e. in the Rocky Mountains] by a white bear. 1952 J. Jennings Strange Brigade (1954) 105 There were also red deer or biche, and white bears and white partridges. 2006 D. Peacock & A. Peacock In Presence of Grizzlies 30 The white bears are grizzlies, not polar bears. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1387
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