A teddy bear is a children's toy, made from soft or furry material, which looks like a friendly bear.
teddy bear in British English
noun
a stuffed toy bear made from soft or fluffy material
Often shortened to: teddy
Word origin
C20: from Teddy, from Theodore, after Theodore Roosevelt, who was well known as a hunter of bears
teddy bear in American English
US
a child's stuffed toy made to look like a bear cub
Word origin
after Teddy, nickname for Roosevelt2 (sense 3): first used (1902) after a cartoon by C. K. Berryman, containing a small cub in jocularallusion to his fondness for big-game hunting