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Definition of Bearward
1. n. A keeper of bears. See Bearherd.
Definition of Bearward
1. Noun. A keeper of bears. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bearward
1. a bear keeper [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bearward
Literary usage of Bearward
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tudor Tracts, 1532-1588 by Albert Frederick Pollard (1903)
"When the bearward had the Book in his custody, being TW* Be». an arrant Papist,
... Sur A rticles, made much ado ; and told the bearward that whosoever ..."
2. An English Garner: Ingatherings from Our History and Literature (1896)
"IT"s bearward, now the Queen's Majesty), ere that the Secretary could come to
... Six A rticles,ma.de much ado; and told the bearward that whosoever claimed ..."
3. The Lancashire Lieutenancy Under the Tudors and Stuarts: The Civil and by John Harland (1859)
"The fifth Earl of Northumberland had his bearward, whose annual pay was 203.,
... Whether Garstang maintained a bearward in 1638, or it was only the fixed ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1865)
"... For fetching 2 more Bears, is. ; bearward, 15. ... The last item of a payment
to the bearward was in 1666, when he received the sum of U ..."
5. The Cheshire Sheaf ...: Being Local Gleanings, Historical and Antiquarian by Francis Sanders, William Fergusson Irvine, J. Brownbill (1880)
"The Clerk's son being the Town's bearward, and the Bear dying about a fortnight
before the Wakes, he applied to the Corporation to purchase another Bruin. ..."
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