bearward

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbɛəwɔːd/    美 /ˈbɛəɹˌwɔɹd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone who handles and keeps bears (and sometimes other animals such as apes and bulls), especially for use in public entertainments such as baiting or dancing displays; a bearherd. UK,historical
    — But now how many men are there proude of that that is not theyrs at al? Is there no man proude of keping another mannes gate? […] [W]hat a brag-kyng maketh a beareward wͭ [with] his ſyluer buttened bawdrike, for pride of another mannes bere?

词形变化

bearwards plural bear-ward alternative berrord alternative

词源

From Middle English bereward (“someone who handles and keeps bears, bear keeper”), from ber, bere (“bear”) + ward, warde (“care, keeping”). By surface analysis, bear + ward.
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