Bearleader

Quick meaning: Bearleader is a noun meaning Someone acting as a chaperone and tutor to a wealthy young man travelling abroad, especially in Europe.

Meaning

Someone acting as a chaperone and tutor to a wealthy young man travelling abroad, especially in Europe.

More Meanings

1. A captor; also, a guard, a jailer.
2. (chiefly historical) Someone who handles and keeps bears, especially for use in public entertainments such as bearbaiting or dancing displays; a bearward.

Example Sentences

They pounced upon the stray nobility, and seized young lords travelling with their bear leaders.

In 1775 Lord Herbert [George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke] toured Switzerland with his bearleader William Coxe (1747–1828).

So!—you have really undertaken the delightful office of bear-leader—becauſe the brother of your Geraldine cannot take care of himſelf— […]

[…] Nick, if you please, was pronounced delicate, and led a series of tutors a fine dance until his mother decided he was old enough for the Grand Tour and sent him off with a bear-leader like some young regency lordling.

Word Forms

• bearleaders
• bear-leader
• bear leader

Synonyms for bearleader

Depending on context, synonyms include bearherd.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bearherd, bearward, bearhound, bear-baiting, bear-bait, spokesbear.

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