plural bruins
Definition of bruin
: bear sense 1
Bears are the most popular animals in a number of our national parks. In the Smokies, where the population of bruins runs into the hundreds, opportunities to observe these large wild animals are plentiful during the summer.— Edward Spargo and Glenn R. Williston A disturbing and all-too-common sign of a feeding bear is an overturned garbage can … its contents scattered about as the bruin searched for something edible in the trash.— Charles Fergus
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The first known use of bruin was in the 15th century
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