bearess
bearess noun: synonym of she-bear.
Noun (1)
bearess (plural bearesses)
- Synonym of she-bear.
- See, farther, two every-day figures sitting faithfully together like a pair of turtle doves, or a bear and his bearess.[…]The poor horse drew Bear and his Bearess heavily along.1842, Mary Howitt, transl., The Neighbours: A Story of Every-Day Life, volume II, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, […], translation of original by Frederika Bremer, pages 149 (chapter XV)...
- They praised her spirit, and now and then, / The Nurse brought her own little “nevy” Ben, / To play with the future May’ress, / And when he got raps, and taps, and slaps, / Scratches, and pinches, snips, and snaps, / As if from a Tigress or Bearess, / They told him how Lords would court that hand...1842, T[homas] Hood, “Miss Kilmansegg and Her Precious Leg. A Golden Legend.”, in The Comic Annual for 1842, London: Henry Colburn, […], section “Her Education”, page 24
- Synonyms:
- she-bear
Noun (2)
bearess (plural bearesses)
- A female bearer.
- As it is the only spirit I possess I heed his advice and bring it back to the hotel to find the entire force standing at attention, ready to receive me. I pass on to my room with a procession of bearers and bearesses strung out behind me like the tail of a kite, anything from a tea-tray to the...1912, Frances Little, The Lady and Sada San: A Sequel to The Lady of the Decoration, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., pages 60–61
- Ring bearer and bearess were Larry and Mary Lynn Ayers, Springfield, Va., nephew and niece of the bridegroom.1968 April 3, “Greencastle Girl Marries In Arlington, Virginia”, in The Morning Herald, volume XCIV, number 80, Hagerstown, Md.
Examples of bearess in a sentence
- As with bears and bearesses, so with men and women.1844 January, John Poole, “Gentility—Vulgarity”, in The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, volume LXX, number CCLXXVII, part the first...
- Ah, what tender thoughts must glow / In the budding souls of these / Snow-white virgin bearesses / With their soft and dewy eyes ?1914, Herman [George] Scheffauer, transl., Atta Troll, New York, N.Y.: B. W. Huebsch, translation of original by Heinrich Heine, page 141:
- The animal so driven was Callisto, the bearess.1985, Paul Shepard, Barry Sanders, The Sacred Paw: The Bear in Nature, Myth, and Literature, Viking, →ISBN, page 114:
- Some aggressively degenerate Chinese emperors and noblemen used to make a spectacle of their comely female sedan-chair bearers. (Perhaps properly: bearesses or she-bears or bearpersons.)1975 December 18, “Tourists main client of China’s dwindling rickshaws”, in The Advocate, Newark, Oh., page 33, column 5:
Synonyms of bearess
Forms of bearess
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Origin of bearess
From bear + -ess.
From bearer + -ess.
Questions about bearess
- What does bearess mean?
- Bearess means synonym of she-bear.
- How do you use bearess in a sentence?
- As with bears and bearesses, so with men and women.
- What part of speech is bearess?
- Bearess is a noun.
- What is the plural of bearess?
- The plural of bearess is bearesses.
Words near bearess in the dictionary
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