Easter Bunny

English

Etymology

From Easter +‎ bunny, calque of German Osterhase (literally “Easter hare”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈiːs.tə ˈbʌ.ni/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈiːs.tɚ ˈbʌ.ni/

Proper noun

Easter Bunny (plural Easter Bunnies)

An Easter Bunny.
  1. A symbolic rabbit sometimes depicted delivering Easter eggs to children.
    • 1905 April 1, Mary Dawson, “An Easter Bunny Party”, in Good Housekeeping, volume 40, page 461:
      An Easter Bunny Party
    • 1915 April 1, The Christian Advocate, volume 90, page 438:
      One day the old Easter Bunny looked out of his winter covert and Said to his Bunny-wife, who was busy coloring Easter eggs, “It is high time we set out to look for the Easter Lily.”
    • 2005, Danie Martin, Always Another Mountain: A Woman Hiking the Appalachian Trail from Springer Mountain to Mount Katahdin, Virtualbookworm Publishing, →ISBN, page 35:
      Soon I ran into two Easter Bunnies who gave me candy. Honest! All right, it was really two women wearing pink bunny hoods.
    • 2006 March 16, Bryan Thompson, “I Want My Mummy”, in Totally Spies!, season 2, episode 2, Teletoon, Marathon Media, spoken by Alexandra “Alex” (Jennifer Hale as Samantha “Sam”; Katie Leigh):
      Yeah, remember? We’re Spies, we deal in fact, not chasing after Easter Bunnies.
      Yeah, right. Wait the Easter Bunny’s missing? A-ha-ha! Just kidding, guys! I know the Easter Bunny is tucked away safe in his little toadstool house up in the fjords of British Columbia.
    • 2014, Margy Johnson, Start Your Own Costume Character Business & Make Great Money Working at Home, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 73:
      Easter Bunnies can be booked for businesses (such as Malls), for churches, for community Easter Egg Hunts or even as a preferred birthday party costume character for a birthday that falls close to Easter.
    • 2016, Kimberley Kinder, DIY Detroit: Making Do in a City without Services, University of Minnesota Press, →ISBN:
      Some residents rotated decorations seasonally by displaying holiday wreaths in the winter and plastic Easter Bunnies and pinwheels in the spring.
    • 2016, Richard J. Gonzales, “Conclusion”, in Raza Rising: Chicanos in North Texas, University of North Texas Press, →ISBN, page 287:
      Two costumed Easter Bunnies, handing out plastic, candy-filled eggs and hugging children, hopped in our ranks.

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