/ˈbɹuːɪn/
OriginFrom Middle Dutch bruun (“brown”) via William Caxton's 1485 translation of a Dutch version of the legend of Reynard the Fox. Bruin is the bear, named for his brown color. Doublet of brown.
- A folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos.
“The mother sought the one gone / astray, for the lost she longs: / she ran great swamps as a wolf / trod the wilds as a bruin / waters as an otter roamed […].”
- literaryA bear character in fairy stories, etc., especially when anthropomorphised.
“When he had driven some distance he met a pedlar. "Where is the sheriff off to, to-day?" said the pedlar; "he must have a long way and little time, since he is driving so fast." But Bruin did not say ”
- countable, uncountableA surname from Dutch.
- countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky, United States.
- countable, uncountableA borough of Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Formsbruins(plural) · Bruins(plural)