Found 2 items, similar to Bruin.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bruin
bruin
n 1: a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage
in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'
2: large ferocious bear of Eurasia [syn:
brown bear,
Ursus arctos
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: bruin
bruin
\bru"in\, n. [D. bruin brown. In the epic poem of
“Reynard the Fox” the bear is so called from his color. See
Brown, a.]
A bear; -- so called in popular tales and fables.
[1913 Webster]