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bear tamers

bear tamers is the plural of bear tamer.

Meaning of bear tamer

Noun

bear tamer (plural bear tamers)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    bearleader

Questions about bear tamers

What is bear tamers the plural of?
Bear tamers is the plural of bear tamer.

Words near bear tamers in the dictionary

  1. bear sprays
  2. bear spread
  3. bear spreads
  4. Bear State
  5. bear tamer
  6. bear tamers
  7. bear the bell
  8. bear the brunt
  9. bear the scars
  10. bear trap
  11. bear traps

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