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

Finally, Mr. Reiner prevailed upon Norman Lear—once his boss on “All in the Family,” then the head honcho of Embassy Pictures—to provide backing.

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While the staging was first seen at City Center, its transfer to the Vivian Beaumont Theater marks the debut of Lear DeBessonet, who directed the show, as the new artistic leader of Lincoln Center Theater—one of the most high-profile, and high-stakes, positions in the New York theater.

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Doctorow’s novel—which won multiple Tonys and has a book by Terrence McNally and music by Stephen Flaherty—returns to Broadway in this Lincoln Center Theater production directed by Lear deBessonet and starring Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy and Brandon Uranowitz.

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The resulting evening will take equal reference from “King Lear” and food-driven reality shows.

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The eight-episode series, now streaming, is based on Greg Cope White’s 2016 memoir, “The Pink Marine,” which producer Rachel Davidson brought to the late Norman Lear and his partner Brent Miller to develop.

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