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People nicknamed Bear or the Bear include: Albert the Bear (c. 1100–1170), Margrave of Brandenburg; James Brady (1940–2014), press secretary to U.S. President Ronald Reagan and shooting victim; Bear Bryant (1913–1983), American college football coach; Don Haskins (1930-2008), American college basketball coach
The Bear History Project, founded by Les L. Wright in 1995, documented the emergence and early evolution of bear identity and bear community. It became the source material for much of The Bear Book (1999) and The Bear Book II (2001). Publication of The Bear Book led to the Library of Congress adding "bear" as a category. The Bear History ...
Mama bear A less derogatory term for a female police officer. Miss Piggy A female police officer (refers to the Muppet character, derived from the pejorative term "pig" for police officers). Mountie mountie A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Papa bear A male police officer or police supervisor such as Sergeant or higher rank. Polar bear
Here are 125 cute, sexy, and romantic nicknames for your boyfriend, ... Generally cute nicknames for your boyfriend. Boo. Booboo Bear. Sweetheart. Baby Boy. Baby/Babe. Baby Love. Boo Thang.
Bjorn, Bjorne (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less often a surname. The name means "bear" (the animal).
Ursula is a feminine given name in several languages. The name is derived from a diminutive of the Latin ursa , which means " bear ". The name was best used in the Anglosphere in the 16th century but has since been rather uncommon in English-speaking countries, although its use has been influenced since the twentieth century by the Swiss-born ...
The name is cognate with the Scandinavian Björn or Bjørn, meaning bear; and the figure of Beorn can be related to the traditional Northern heroes Bödvar Bjarki and Beowulf, both of whose names also mean "bear". [3] [4] The name Beorn survives in the name of the Scottish town Borrowstounness, which is derived from the Old English ...
Misha (Russian: Миша), also known as Mishka (Russian: Мишка) or The Olympic Mishka (Russian: Олимпийский Мишка), is the name of the Russian Bear mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games (the XXII Summer Olympics). He was designed by children's books illustrator Victor Chizhikov. [1]