Teddy Bear Definition

noun
A child's stuffed toy made to look like a bear cub.
Webster's New World
A lovable, endearing, large, strong, hairy, or sweet man.
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adjective
Attributive form of teddy bear, noun.
Teddy-bear therapy.
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Other Word Forms of Teddy Bear

Noun

Singular:
teddy bear
Plural:
teddy-bears

Origin of Teddy Bear

  • It was Morris Michtom, the owner of a candy store in Brooklyn N.Y., that made the first “Teddy Bear" in the year 1902 in honor of then American President Theodore “Teddy" Roosevelt when as the story goes she had heard he'd refused to shoot a bear cub on one of his hunting trips.

    From Wiktionary

  • After Teddy , nickname of Theodore Roosevelt, who was depicted in a cartoon sparing the life of a bear cub

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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