Care Bear

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Etymology

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Brand name. The characters were introduced in 1981 for use on greeting cards and turned into plush toys in 1983.

Noun

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Care Bear (plural Care Bears)

  1. Any of a brand of cheerful bear figures, seen on greeting cards and as stuffed toys.
    • 1994, Edward R. Christophersen, Pediatric Compliance: A Guide for the Primary Care Physician, page 171:
      The baby or toddler who goes to sleep alone (with a Care Bear, with his favorite blanket, or by sucking his thumb) learns valuable self-quieting behaviors that can be used for many years to come.
    • 2004, Jerry Sullivan, Hunting for Frogs on Elston, and Other Tales from Field & Street[1], page 68:
      But the domestic turkey is about as remote from the wild animal as a Care Bear is from a grizzly.
    • 2007 March 13, Will Wright, keynote, South by Southwest, Austin:
      One of my real aspirations of this is I wanna see interstellar wars between Care Bears and Klingons.
  2. A kind and caring person.
    • 2004, Jordyn Tate, Unforgivable Misconception, page 15:
      He was smart, tough, witty yet gentle all at the same time. He was my care bear.
    • 2013, D. Antoinette, The First Book of Carrie, page 121:
      "Man, you are beautiful, my Care Bear", he said in awe.

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