"Care Bear" meaning in All languages combined

See Care Bear on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Care Bears [plural]
Etymology: Brand name. The characters were introduced in 1981 for use on greeting cards and turned into plush toys in 1983. Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Care Bear}} Care Bear (plural Care Bears)
  1. Any of a brand of cheerful bear figures, seen on greeting cards and as stuffed toys. Categories (topical): American fiction, Fiction, Fictional characters, People, Toys Derived forms: carebear Translations (Care Bear): Bisounours [France, masculine] (French), Calinours [Quebec, masculine] (French), Glücksbärchi [neuter] (German), Krambjörn [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Care_Bear-en-noun-3tbWPhOn Disambiguation of American fiction: 73 27 Disambiguation of Fiction: 71 29 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 82 18 Disambiguation of People: 48 52 Disambiguation of Toys: 84 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English rhyming compounds, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 87 13 Disambiguation of English rhyming compounds: 69 31 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 88 12 Disambiguation of 'Care Bear': 88 12
  2. A kind and caring person. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-Care_Bear-en-noun-mxqwAxaX Disambiguation of People: 48 52

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