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lear

  [leer]
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–noun Scot. and North England.
learning; instruction; lesson.
Origin:
1350–1400; late ME lere lesson, n. use of lere to teach, OE lǣran; c. D leren, G lehren, Goth laisjan; akin to lore
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Lear

  [leer]
–noun
1. Edward, 1812–88, English writer of humorous verse and landscape painter.
2. (italics) King Lear.
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Lear   (lîr)   
n.  The protagonist in Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear, based on a legendary king of Britain.
Lear, Edward 1812-1888.  
British artist and writer of nonsense verse, included in such works as his first Book of Nonsense (1846).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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