| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bru·in |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  br   n |
| NOUN: | A bear. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, name of the bear in History of Reynard the Fox, translated by William Caxton, from Middle Dutch bruun, bruin, brown, name of the bear in the Middle Dutch version of the fable. See bher-2 in Appendix I.
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