white bear

noun

A polar bear.

Meanings

white bear1

nounwhite bear (plural white bears)

plural white bears

  1. A polar bear.

    She was standing in the circus ring surrounded by a dozen towering white bears.

    2018 July 29, Melissa Eddy, “Doris Arndt, Celebrated Animal Trainer, Is Dead at 88”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2018

White Bear2

proper nounWhite Bear (countable and uncountable, plural White Bears)

plural White Bears

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. countableuncountableA community in the Rural Municipality of Lacadena, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  3. countableuncountableAn Indian reserve (White Bear 70) of the White Bear First Nations surrounding White Bear (Carlyle) Lake in south-east Saskatchewan.
  4. countableuncountableA township in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Middle Englishwhite bere
  2. Englishwhite bear

From Middle English white bere. By surface analysis, white + bear.

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APA

white bear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20bear

MLA

“white bear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20bear. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “white bear,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20bear.

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