lear(lēr),USA pronunciationn.[Scot. and North Eng.]
Scottish Termslearning; instruction; lesson.
1350–1400; late Middle English lere lesson, noun, nominal use of lere to teach, Old English lǣran; cognate with Dutch leren, German lehren, Gothic laisjan; akin to lore
Lear(lēr),USA pronunciationn.
Edward, 1812–88, English writer of humorous verse and landscape painter.