What part of speech is bugbear?

Bugbear can be categorized as a noun.

Parts of speech

Verb
bugbear - To alarm with idle phantoms.
Noun
bugbear - an object of dread or apprehension; "Germany was always a bugbear for France"; "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"--Ralph Waldo Emerson
bugbear - an imaginary monster used to frighten children

#		Sentence
1.	noun	Germany was always a bugbear for France.
2.	noun	Untidiness was his bugbear.

Sentence
noun
Germany was always a bugbear for France.
Untidiness was his bugbear.

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