lar

American  

[lahr] / lɑr /

noun

plural

lares, lars

1. (initial capital letter) any of the Lares.

2. Zoology. white-handed gibbon.

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LAR ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Libya (international car registration)

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lar ² British  

/ lɑː /

noun

1. the singular of lares See lares and penates

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lar ³ British  

/ lɑː /

noun

1. dialect a boy or young man

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Etymology

Origin of lar

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1580–90

Example Sentences

The troupe’s inconsistent current run at Lincoln Center features Lar Lubovitch’s ‘Othello: A Dance in Three Acts,’ Alexei Ratmansky’s ‘Firebird’ and more.

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The troupe’s inconsistent current run at Lincoln Center features Lar Lubovitch’s ‘Othello: A Dance in Three Acts,’ Alexei Ratmansky’s ‘Firebird’ and more.

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By the time the run concludes, eight of the 17 programs will have featured Lar Lubovitch’s “Othello: A Dance in Three Acts,” originally created by the modern-dance choreographer for ABT in 1997.

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A gadfly candidate for mayor of Chicago, Lar Daly, secured a quirky FCC ruling.

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The world’s largest water menu can be found at O Lar do Leitón, a restaurant in Galicia, Spain, which offers more than 150 waters from 33 countries.

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