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lear

1 American  
[leer] / lɪər /

noun

Scot. and North England.

  1. learning; instruction; lesson.

Lear 2 American  
[leer] / lɪər /

noun

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

  2. (italics) King Lear.

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

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