lear

[leer] /lɪər/
noun, Scot. and North England
1.
learning; instruction; lesson.
Origin
1350-1400; late Middle English lere lesson, noun use of lere to teach, Old English lǣran; cognate with Dutch leren, German lehren, Gothic laisjan; akin to lore

Lear

[leer] /lɪər/
noun
1.
Edward, 1812–88, English writer of humorous verse and landscape painter.
2.
(italics) King Lear.
British Dictionary definitions for lear

Lear

/lɪə/
noun
1.
Edward. 1812–88, English humorist and painter, noted for his illustrated nonsense poems and limericks