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EDWARD LEAR

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Overview

EDWARD LEAR (noun)
  The noun EDWARD LEAR has 1 sense:

1. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)play

  Familiarity information: EDWARD LEAR used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


EDWARD LEAR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Edward Lear; Lear

Instance hypernyms:

artist; creative person (a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination)

humorist; humourist (someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way)


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