lear

¹

[leer]

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. learning; instruction; lesson.

Lear

²

[leer]

noun

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

2. (italics),  King Lear.

Lear

/ lɪə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of lear¹

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 lore ¹

Example Sentences

Monika Lear, 62, joined the group after moving to Scunthorpe earlier this year.

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Always politically active, Jackson took off 23 years from acting, from 1992 to 2015, to serve as a member of Parliament, and returned to play “King Lear” in London and on Broadway and win a Tony for a revival of Edward Albee’s “Three Tall Women.”

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The actor also played the doomed warlord who divides his kingdom between his sons in "Ran", Kurosawa's 1985 film based on the Shakespeare play "King Lear".

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Mark Mannucci, director of the documentary “American Masters: Decoding Watson,” compared him to King Lear, a man “at the height of his powers and, through his own character flaws, was brought down.”

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Yet the next day he called again to ask if he could text me further thoughts, which was a detailed interpretation of his King Lear in the acclaimed 2018 TV film.

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