bear tamer
bear tamer noun: synonym of bearleader (“one who handles and keeps bears”).
Noun
bear tamer (plural bear tamers)
- Synonym of bearleader (“one who handles and keeps bears”).
- A ninth table was pro joculatoribus, proprie vor dy herolt, vor dy kokeler, in medio coenaculi—so that the court jesters, gypsies, beartamers, tight-rope walkers and jugglers could entertain the whole room with their arts and pranks.1945, Hermann Kesten, translated by A.B. Ashton and Norbert Guterman, Copernicus and his World, London; New York: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd.; Roy Publishers, page 129
- The quiet academician was translating, but not transmuting, the gypsy beartamers who crossed the National Gardens; for the beartamers entered his poetry directly.1984, Frederic Will, Shamans in Turtlenecks, published 1 November 2021, →ISBN, page 185
- Synonyms:
- bearleader
Synonyms of bear tamer
Forms of bear tamer
| plural | bear tamers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bear-tamer |
| alternative form | beartamer |
Questions about bear tamer
- What does bear tamer mean?
- Bear tamer means synonym of bearleader (“one who handles and keeps bears”).
- What part of speech is bear tamer?
- Bear tamer is a noun.
- What is the plural of bear tamer?
- The plural of bear tamer is bear tamers.
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