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† ˈbearherd Obs.
Also 6–7 beare-heard, bearhard, bearard, berard, berrord.
[f. bear n.1 + herd. Shakespeare's Bearard, etc., are assigned to this, rather than to bear-ward, to which some editors refer them, chiefly because he elsewhere uses bear-heard, and not bear-ward: cf. shepherd, formerly also shepard, sheppard.]
The keeper of a bear, who leads him about for exhibition.
1589R. Harvey Pl. Perc. (1860) 14 Nor a bear-heard..to put his staffe in the mouth of the beare, or pull off these dogs? 1593Shakes. 2 Hen. VI, v. i. 149 Wee'l bate thy Bears to death, And manacle the Berard in their Chaines. ― Ibid. 210 Despight the Bearard, that protects the Beare. 1597― 2 Hen. IV, i. ii. 191 True valor is turn'd Beare-heard. 1599― Much Ado ii. i. 43 Take sixepence in earnest of the Berrord, and leade his Apes into Hell. 1655Gouge Comm. Hebrews i. 13 Bearhards that have their Bears at command. 1860Kennedy Swallow-B. 14 It gave me over to the great bear-herd. |