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bearherd

Syllables: bear·herdUK/ˈbɛəhɜːd/US/ˈbɛəɹˌhɜɹd/

bearherd noun: synonym of bearward (“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”).

Noun

bearherd (plural bearherds)

  1. (UK, archaic, historical) Synonym of bearward (“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”).
    Synonyms:
    bearward

Synonyms of bearherd

Forms of bearherd

pluralbearherds

Origin of bearherd

From bear + herd, probably a variant of bearard, itself a variant of bearward, the second element being treated as herd (“keeper of a number of domestic animals assembled together”) as in shepherd.

Questions about bearherd

What does bearherd mean?
Bearherd means synonym of bearward (“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”).
What part of speech is bearherd?
Bearherd is a noun.
How do you pronounce bearherd?
Bearherd is pronounced /ˈbɛəhɜːd/ (UK).
What is the plural of bearherd?
The plural of bearherd is bearherds.

Words near bearherd in the dictionary

  1. Bearfield
  2. beargrass
  3. beargrasses
  4. Bearhead
  5. bearheaded
  6. bearherd
  7. bearherds
  8. bearhide
  9. bearhides
  10. bearhound
  11. bearhounds

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