bruin

[ broo-in ]

/ ˈbru ɪn /

a bear, especially a European brown bear.

Origin of bruin

1475–85; < Middle Dutch bruyn, bruun literally, the brown one, name of the bear in the fable of Reynard the Fox

bruges, brugia, brugmann, brugmansia, bruhn, bruin, bruise, bruiser, bruising, bruit, brule

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Some similar reverence for Bruin exists, we believe, amongst certain North American tribes.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 393, July 1848 |Various
In fact, he was labouring under the belief that he was a wild beast of some sort, and apparently he regarded himself as a "bruin."

Alone with the Hairy Ainu |A. H. Savage Landor
I could see no signs that led me to think that Bruin intended to stop for the next fifty miles.

Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper |Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock

So we lost no time in getting back to where we had left Bruin's track the night before.

Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper |Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock
Soon the dogs are at bruin's heels, snapping and biting him so that he is obliged to halt and defend himself.

True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World |Adolphus W. Greely

bruin

/ (ˈbruːɪn) /

a name for a bear, used in children's tales, fables, etc

C17: from Dutch bruin brown, the name of the bear in the epic Reynard the Fox