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• lear
  lear

  noun

  learning; instruction; lesson.
• Lear
  Lear

  noun

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

lear

¹ American  

[leer] / lɪər /

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. learning; instruction; lesson.

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Lear ² American  

[leer] / lɪər /

noun

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

2. (italics) King Lear.

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Lear British  

/ lɪə /

noun

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

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Etymology

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 lore ¹

Example Sentences

But, if he hae the name o' gear, Ye'll fasten to him like a brier, Tho' hardly he, for sense or lear, Be better than the kye.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

Ces victoires lear caasant presque autant de perte qu'a leurs ennemis, elles ont tellement depeuplé leurs Bourgs, qu'on y compte plus d'Estfangers que de naturels du pays.

From The Iroquois Book of Rites by Hale, Horatio

"O they are putten to a deeper lear, And to a higher scule:10 Your ain twa sons will no be hame Till the hallow days o' Yule."

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various

Ye should ken that sang, if ye hae lear aneugh in your steel-bound noddles.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various

V. But if he hae the name o’ gear, Ye’ll fasten to him like a brier, Tho’ hardly he, for sense or lear, Be better than the kye.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert