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bruin

noun
/ˈbɹuːɪn/UK

Etymology

* As a Dutch surname, borrowed from Dutch Bruin, from the adjective bruin (“brown”). Compare Braun. * As an English surname, possibly a pronunciation of the French surname Brun, from the adjective brun (“brown”), related to above. * As an Alemannic German surname, variant of Bruhin.

  1. borrowed from Bruin

Definitions

  1. A folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos.

    • The mother sought the one gone / astray, for the lost she longs: / she ran great swamps as a wolf / trod the wilds as a bruin / waters as an otter roamed […].

  2. A bear character in fairy stories, etc., especially when anthropomorphised.

  3. A surname from Dutch.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. An unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky, United States.

    2. A borough of Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA