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ursophile

ursophile noun: one who loves bears.

Noun

ursophile (plural ursophiles)

  1. One who loves bears.
    • When a rogue grizzly must be exterminated by government officials, the laments of these new ursophiles continue for months, and letters to the editor run four or five to one in condemnation of the exterminators.1969, Jack Olsen, “Prologue”, in Night of the Grizzlies, Signet, published 1971, page 23
    • The anthology, suitable for the junior school library, Michael Bond’s Book of Bears, could well have been a feast for ursophiles but turns out to be only a good dinner.1975, Education for Development Quarterly, page 52

Examples of ursophile in a sentence

  • Bialosky is on the cover—to extend comfort and congratulations to ursophiles everywhere.1984, Publishers Weekly, volume 225, page 51, column 1:
  • One reason: a contest that allows ursophiles to submit pictures of their own Teddies, which may be selected for inclusion in the ’86 edition.1984, Time, volume 124, page 9:
  • Which much loved and sadly missed English writer, actor and ursophile wrote a lovely book all about living in a small house on the same island?1986, Punch, volume 291, page 31, column 3:
  • About six months later, Chuck Gibbs, another avid amateur photographer and ursophile, approached too close to a sow grizzly and her three cubs in Glacier National Park and was killed.1993, Martha Hill, The Art of Photographing Nature, Three Rivers Press, →ISBN:

Forms of ursophile

pluralursophiles

Origin of ursophile

From Latin ursus + -o- + -phile.

Questions about ursophile

What does ursophile mean?
Ursophile means one who loves bears.
How do you use ursophile in a sentence?
Bialosky is on the cover—to extend comfort and congratulations to ursophiles everywhere.
What part of speech is ursophile?
Ursophile is a noun.
What is the plural of ursophile?
The plural of ursophile is ursophiles.

Words near ursophile in the dictionary

  1. ursolic
  2. ursolic acid
  3. ursolic acids
  4. urson
  5. ursons
  6. ursophile
  7. ursophiles
  8. Ursprache
  9. Ursprachen
  10. urstromtal
  11. urstromtals

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