Bear leader
(formerly) a tutor traveling with a wealthy or aristocratic young man.
Historical Examples
I am a bear leader who daily trembles lest the muzzle should give way at last.
A Woman of Thirty Honore de Balzac
The fellow with hair like squirrel’s fur—the little King’s bear leader, whom you kept prisoner.
Caesar and Cleopatra George Bernard Shaw
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