Bagheera

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A cat name; a name given to pet cats.
noun
  1. The deputy leader of a pack of Cub Scouts.

Word forms

Bagheera Bagheeras

Etymology

From Hindi बाघ (bāgh, “tiger”), coined by Rudyard Kipling in The Jungle Book. The scouting term and the cat-name comes from the character name.

Related words

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