lear

[ leer ]

nounScot. and North England.
  1. learning; instruction; lesson.

Origin of lear

1
1350–1400; late Middle English lere lesson, noun use of lere to teach, Old English lǣran; cognate with Dutch leren,German lehren,Gothic laisjan; akin to lore1

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Other definitions for Lear (2 of 2)

Lear
[ leer ]

noun
  1. Edward, 1812–88, English writer of humorous verse and landscape painter.

  2. (italics) King Lear.

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British Dictionary definitions for Lear

Lear

/ (lɪə) /


noun
  1. Edward. 1812–88, English humorist and painter, noted for his illustrated nonsense poems and limericks

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