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Lear

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. Lear (noun)
  2. Lear (biographical name)
  3. lehr (noun)

Lear

noun \ˈlir\

Definition of LEAR

: a legendary king of Britain and hero of Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear

First Known Use of LEAR

13th century

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