different between mascot vs spokesbear

English

Alternative forms

• mascotte (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from French mascotte, from Occitan mascòta (“sortilege”), feminine diminutive of masca (“witch”), from Old Occitan masca, from Medieval Latin masca (“specter, nightmare”). More at mask.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mæs?k?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mæs?k??t/

Noun

mascot (plural mascots)

1. something thought to bring good luck

   I keep this red stone as a lucky mascot and always put it on my desk in exams.,

2. something, especially a person or animal, used to symbolize a sports team, company, organization or other group

   Tommy the Tyke is the mascot of Barnsley FC.

Derived terms

• mascotry

Translations

Anagrams

• catoms, comast, comsat

English

Etymology

Blend of spokesman +? bear

Noun

spokesbear (plural spokesbears)

1. A bear mascot who gives speeches or advice.
   • 1994, Can this Man Save Our Forests? (in Popular Science, volume 244, number 6, June 1994, page 81)

     Not long ago, most people associated the Forest Service with its benevolent spokesbear, Smokey.

   • 2002, Wes Platt, Otherspace: The 2001 Yearbook (page 531)

     The spokesbear for the government answered questions for the remainder of the conference.

Related terms

• spokescat
• spokesdog