bear-leader

See also: bearleader and bear leader

English

Noun

bear-leader (plural bear-leaders)

  1. Alternative form of bearleader.
    • 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— […]
    • 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 vvere conſiderably ſurpriſed vvith my firmneſs, but ſeemed to think it beneath them to conteſt vvith 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 vvith me vvhile they vvere abſent.
    • 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.
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