A teddy bear is a children's toy, made from soft or furry material, which looks like a friendly bear. A child's toy bear, usually stuffed with soft material and covered with furlike plush
plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials)
[ 'te-dE ] (noun.) 1924. It was Morris Michtom, the owner of a candy store in Brooklyn N.Y., that made the first “Teddy Bear” in the year 1902 in honor of then American President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt when as the story goes she had heard he’d refused to shoot a bear cub on one of his hunting trips.