BARRYMORE

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• BARRYMORE (noun)
  The noun BARRYMORE has 5 senses:

1. United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1882-1942)

2. United States actress; daughter of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1879-1959)

3. United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1878-1954)

4. United States actress; daughter of John Drew and wife of Maurice Barrymore; mother of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1854-1893)

5. United States actor; husband of Georgiana Emma Barrymore and father of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1847-1905)

  Familiarity information: BARRYMORE used as a noun is common.

• BARRYMORE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1882-1942)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Barrymore; John Barrymore

Instance hypernyms:

actor; histrion; player; role player; thespian (a theatrical performer)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States actress; daughter of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1879-1959)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Barrymore; Ethel Barrymore

Instance hypernyms:

actress (a female actor)

Sense 3

Meaning:

United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1878-1954)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Barrymore; Lionel Barrymore

Instance hypernyms:

actor; histrion; player; role player; thespian (a theatrical performer)

Sense 4

Meaning:

United States actress; daughter of John Drew and wife of Maurice Barrymore; mother of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1854-1893)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Barrymore; Georgiana Barrymore; Georgiana Emma Barrymore

Instance hypernyms:

actress (a female actor)

Sense 5

Meaning:

United States actor; husband of Georgiana Emma Barrymore and father of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1847-1905)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Barrymore; Herbert Blythe; Maurice Barrymore

Instance hypernyms:

actor; histrion; player; role player; thespian (a theatrical performer)

 Context examples 

Amongst the books to which I am indebted for my material in my endeavour to draw various phases of life and character in England at the beginning of the century, I would particularly mention Ashton’s Dawn of the Nineteenth Century; Gronow’s “Reminiscences;” Fitzgerald’s “Life and Times of George IV.;” Jesse’s “Life of Brummell;” “Boxiana;” “Pugilistica;” Harper’s “Brighton Road;” Robinson’s “Last Earl of Barrymore” and “Old Q.;” Rice’s “History of the Turf;” Tristram’s “Coaching Days;” James’s “Naval History;” Clark Russell’s “Collingwood” and “Nelson.”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)