Frombear +‎herd, probably a variant ofbearard, itself a variant ofbearward, the second element being treated asherd(“keeper of a number of domestic animals assembled together”) as inshepherd.^[1]

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /ˈbɛəhɜːd/
• (General American)IPA^(key): /ˈbɛəɹˌhɜɹd/
• Hyphenation:bear‧herd

bearherd (pluralbearherds)

1. (chiefly UK, archaic, historical)Synonym ofbearward(“someone whohandles andkeepsbears (and sometimes otheranimals such asapes andbulls), especially foruse inpublicentertainments such asbaiting ordancingdisplays”)

• bear-leader on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “bearherd”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.

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