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Baum

American  
[bawm, bahm, baum] / bɔm, bɑm, baʊm /

noun

  1. L(yman) Frank 1856–1919, U.S. journalist, playwright, and author of children's books.

  2. Vicki, 1888–1960, U.S. novelist, born in Austria.


Baum British  
/ bɔːm, bɑːm /

noun

  1. L ( yman ) Frank 1856–1919, US novelist, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and its sequels

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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There was investment in the transfer window with the likes of England international Georgia Stanway and Spain full-back Ona Batlle arriving, as well as the talented, young Germany forward Lisa Baum.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

In some ways, the collective skepticism was liberating: Whiteman and Baum, who died in 1998, could let their imaginations run wild.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Actor Denis Leary voices the restaurant’s creator, Joe Baum, drawn from decades of archival recordings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

Baum has stressed that "my family and I firmly reject extremist ideologies and will not accept the AfD's appropriation of our name".

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

The writer L. Frank Baum and his artist-partner William Wallace Denslow visited the fair; its grandeur informed their creation of Oz.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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