lear
[ leer ]
/ lɪər /
noun Scot. and North England.
learning; instruction; lesson.
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Origin of lear
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
Words nearby lear
leapling, leap of faith, leap second, leapt, leap year, lear, lear board, Lear complex, lea-rig, learn, learn by heart
Definition for lear (2 of 2)
Lear
[ leer ]
/ lɪər /
noun
Edward, 1812–88, English writer of humorous verse and landscape painter.
(italics) King Lear.
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British Dictionary definitions for lear
Lear
/ (lɪə) /
noun
Edward. 1812–88, English humorist and painter, noted for his illustrated nonsense poems and limericks
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