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語源

From bear +‎ leader.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbɛəˌliːdə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈbɛəɹˌlidəɹ/
• ハイフネーション: bear‧lead‧er

名詞

bearleader (plural bearleaders)

1. (chiefly historical) Someone who handles and keeps bears, especially for use in public entertainments such as bearbaiting or dancing displays; a bearward. [from 16th c.]

   Synonyms: (UK, archaic, historical) bearherd, bear warden

2. (by extension, historical)
   1. Someone acting as a chaperone and tutor to a wealthy young man travelling abroad, especially in Europe. [from 18th c.]
      • 1792, Charlotte Smith, “Letter II. To Mr. Desmond.”, in Desmond. […], volume I, London: […] G[eorge,] G[eorge,] J[ohn] and J[ames] Robinson, […], →OCLC, page 13:

        So!—you have really undertaken the delightful office of bear-leader—becauſe the brother of your Geraldine cannot take care of himſelf— […]

      • 1846 February 28 – 1847 February 27, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “On Some Respectable Snobs”, in The Book of Snobs, London: Punch Office, […], published 1848, →OCLC, pages 29-30:

        They pounced upon the stray nobility, and seized young lords travelling with their bear leaders.

      • 1941, Ngaio Marsh, “Project”, in Death and the Dancing Footman, [London]: Fontana Books, William Collins Sons & Co, published September 1976, →ISBN, part 1, page 17:

        […] Nick, if you please, was pronounced delicate, and led a series of tutors a fine dance until his mother decided he was old enough for the Grand Tour and sent him off with a bear-leader like some young regency lordling.

      • 1992, Jeremy Black, “Routes and Destinations”, in The British Abroad: The Grand Tour in the Eighteenth Century, Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, published 2003, →ISBN, page 38:

        In 1775 Lord Herbert [George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke] toured Switzerland with his bearleader William Coxe (1747–1828).

   2. (humorous, obsolete, rare) A captor; also, a guard, a jailer. [late 18th c.]
      • 1794, William Godwin, chapter VI, in Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams. […], volume III, London: […] B. Crosby, […], →OCLC, page 114:

        My bear-leaders were considerably surprised with my firmness, but seemed to think it beneath them to contest with me the principles I delivered. […] They left me abruptly; having first ordered an old man, the father of the landlady, to stay in the room with me while they were absent.

別の表記

• bear-leader, bear leader

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参照

Further reading

• bear-leader on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• bear-leader (guide) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia