Bruin
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bruin¹
- /ˈbɹuːɪn/ UK
Sounds like brewin' · Rhymes with -uːɪn
Where it comes from
From Middle Dutch bruun (“brown”) via William Caxton's 1485 translation of a Dutch version of the legend of Reynard the Fox. Bruin is the bear, named for his brown color. Doublet of brown.
noun bruins
- A folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos. The mother sought the one gone / astray, for the lost she longs: / she ran great swamps as a wolf / trod the wilds as a bruin / waters as an otter roamed […].
Bruin²
Where it comes from
From Dutch bruin (“brown”), used as a name for the bear in Reynard the Fox.
proper noun
- A bear character in fairy stories, etc., especially when anthropomorphised. When he had driven some distance he met a pedlar. "Where is the sheriff off to, to-day?" said the pedlar; "he must have a long way and little time, since he is driving so fast." But Bruin did not say a word, for he had more than enough to do to hold on.
Bruin³
Where it comes from
* As a Dutch surname, borrowed from Dutch Bruin, from the adjective bruin (“brown”). Compare Braun.
* As an English surname, possibly a pronunciation of the French surname Brun, from the adjective brun (“brown”), related to above.
* As an Alemannic German surname, variant of Bruhin.
proper noun Bruins
- A surname from Dutch.
- An unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky, United States.
- A borough of Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States.
