Barnum

 [bahr-nuhm]  

Bar·num

   [bahr-nuhm]
noun
P(hineas) T(aylor), 1810–91, U.S. showman who established a circus in 1871.
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Barnum (ˈbɑːnəm)
 
—n
P(hineas) T(aylor). 1810--91, US showman, who created The Greatest Show on Earth (1871) and, with J. A. Bailey, founded the Barnum and Bailey Circus (1881)

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