Bible Dictionaries
Bugbear
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, used to frighten children, etc.
(2):
(n.) Same as Bugaboo.
(3):
(a.) Causing needless fright.
(4):
(v. t.) To alarm with idle phantoms.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bugbear'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/bugbear.html. 1828.