LEAR

Lear, King Lear

(noun) the hero of William Shakespeare’s tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters

Lear, Edward Lear

(noun) British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Lear

A surname.

The name of a legendary early king of Britain, the central character in Shakespeare's King Lear

Anagrams

• Arel, Earl, Elar, Lare, Rael, Raël, Real, earl, lare, rale, real

Etymology 1

Noun

lear (countable and uncountable, plural lears)

(now Scotland) Something learned; a lesson.

(now Scotland) Learning, lore; doctrine.

Etymology 2

Verb

lear (third-person singular simple present lears, present participle learing, simple past and past participle leared)

(transitive, archaic and Scotland) To teach.

(intransitive, archaic) To learn.

Etymology 3

Noun

lear (plural lears)

Alternative form of lehr

Anagrams

• Arel, Earl, Elar, Lare, Rael, Raël, Real, earl, lare, rale, real

Source: Wiktionary


Lear, v. t.

Definition: To learn. See Lere, to learn. [Obs.]

Lear, n.

Definition: Lore; lesson. [Obs.] Spenser.

Lear, a.

Definition: See Leer, a. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Lear, n.

Definition: An annealing oven. See Leer, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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