bruin
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈbɹuːɪn/
name
Etymology: * 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.
- A surname from Dutch.
- An unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky, United States.
- A borough of Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States.
noun
Etymology: 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.
- 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 […].”