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American film
Lear Rex is an upcoming American drama film written and directed by Bernard Rose. It is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's King Lear. Al Pacino as
Lear_Rex
American actress (born 1991)
will next play Cordelia alongside Al Pacino in Lear Rex, a film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s King Lear. DeBose is queer and came out to her grandparents
Ariana_DeBose
American actor (born 1957)
"Star Cast Aligns Around Al Pacino & Jessica Chastain For Bernard Rose's 'Lear Rex'". Deadline. Archived from the original on August 1, 2024. Retrieved August
Ted_Levine
American actress (born 1990)
"Ariana DeBose, Rachel Brosnahan, & More Join Cast of Shakespeare Film LEAR REX". Broadwayworld. Retrieved August 4, 2026. "'Presumed Innocent' Season
Rachel_Brosnahan
27, 2024). "Back To The Bard: Al Pacino, Jessica Chastain To Star In 'Lear Rex,' New Shakespeare Adaptation Written & Directed By Bernard Rose". Deadline
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Filmography
October 2, 2025. Geisinger, Gabriella (August 5, 2024). "Al Pacino starrer 'Lear Rex' adds cast, production to begin next week". Kemps Film and TV Production
Peter Dinklage on screen and stage
Peter_Dinklage_on_screen_and_stage
American actress and producer (born 1977)
hate groups. She will also reunite with Pacino in Lear Rex, an adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear, playing Goneril. She will also star in the upcoming
Jessica_Chastain
Catalog of performances by American actor Al Pacino
November 5, 2025. Geisinger, Gabriella (August 5, 2024). "Al Pacino starrer 'Lear Rex' adds cast, production to begin next week". Kemps Film and TV Production
Al_Pacino_on_stage_and_screen
American actor (born 1974)
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Chris_Messina
American actor (born 1991)
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LaKeith_Stanfield
American actor
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Stephen_Dorff
American actor, director and screenwriter (born 1962)
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Danny_Huston
Polish actress
the upcoming film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play King Lear titled Lear Rex. In 2005, Rosati was in a relationship with Polish-American journalist
Weronika_Rosati
American actor
2020 Bad Boys for Life Jenkins The New Mutants Reverend Craig 2023 Maggie Moore(s) Kosco The Bikeriders Big Jack TBA Lear Rex The Captain Post-production
Happy_Anderson
American actor and orchestral conductor (born 1973)
2015 Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story Leonard Herring 2016 La La Land Harry 2026 The Drama Roger Harwood TBA Lear Rex † Curran Post-production
Damon_Gupton
American actor (born 1979)
Coco Who Invited Charlie? Ray 2024 Running on Empty Simon 2025 Trust Darren TBA Lear Rex Oswald Post-production TBA A Great Depression Post-production
Rhys_Coiro
Classical Athenian tragedy by Sophocles
Oedipus Rex, also known by its Greek title, Oedipus Tyrannus (Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους Τύραννος, pronounced [oidípuːs týrannos]), or Oedipus the King,
Oedipus_Rex
English film director
2015 Frankenstein Yes Yes 2019 Samurai Marathon Yes Yes Japanese film 2021 Traveling Light Yes Yes Also producer TBA Lear Rex Yes Yes Post-production
Bernard_Rose_(director)
British writer, director, producer and actor
My Special Day The Caller Short film Traveling Light Arthur 2022 Doctor Who Am I Himself Documentary film TBA Lear Rex Duke of Cornwall Post-production
Matthew_Jacobs
1998 opera by Toshio Hosokawa
Vision of Lear is the first opera by Toshio Hosokawa which premiered at the Munich Biennale in 1998. The opera in two acts is an adaptation of Shakespeare's
Vision_of_Lear
American actress (born 1958)
was released at Audible.com. In 2014, she starred in Shakespeare's King Lear at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, as part of the Public Theatre's
Annette_Bening
British actor (born 1990)
Lear was reported to convey a chilling contempt and cynicism. Essiedu voiced Tunde in the BBC Radio 3 drama As Innocent As You Can Get (2016) by Rex Obano
Paapa_Essiedu
1997 film
co-written and directed by Bence Gyöngyössy. It is an adaptation of King Lear. The film was selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language
Gypsy_Lore
English actor (1934–2024)
seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company during the 1960s. West played King Lear (four times) and Macbeth (twice) along with other notable roles in The Master
Timothy_West
American-Canadian actress (born 1952)
Surfer and Cyberchase. In 2017, D'Aquila portrayed the title role in King Lear at Toronto's Shakespeare in High Park, one of relatively few women ever to
Diane_D'Aquila
English classicist, writer, and translator (1905–1986)
Reginald "Rex" Ernest Warner (9 March 1905 – 24 June 1986) was an English classicist, writer, and translator who is best remembered for The Aerodrome
Rex_Warner
English actor (born 1995)
Central Saint Martins. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2021. "King Lear". Tower Theatre Company. Retrieved 17 January 2021. https://www.instagram
Hannah_van_der_Westhuysen
English actor
Nobody Ordered Love (1972) – Jacques Legrand King Lear (TV film) 1982 – Duke of Burgundy King Lear (2008) – Gentleman Masterpiece (2010) – Suit on TV
David_Weston_(actor)
American actor and singer (born 1962)
Kelly McGillis) and Claudius in Hamlet. He starred in the title role of King Lear at the Shakespeare Theatre Company through April 8, 2023. At the Old Globe
Patrick_Page
2007 film
production company Jessica Oulton - makeup Carlozo, Louis R. (May 1, 2007). "A Lear series to remember; an Anna Nicole flick to forget". Chicago Tribune. Archived
Illegal_Aliens_(film)
English actress (1930–2015)
live American television version of King Lear (1953) opposite Orson Welles, in Anouilh's The Fighting Cock with Rex Harrison, Meetings with Remarkable Men
Natasha_Parry
Scottish actor (born 1967)
Gospel of John, Stephen Finch on Scandal, Marcus Kane on The 100, Dr. Jonas Lear in The Passage, and Russell "Russ" Taylor on MacGyver. Cusick was born in
Henry_Ian_Cusick
of women and writers of colour. Sophocles, Oedipus Rex William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Lear Henrik Ibsen, The Wild Duck Anton Chekhov, The Three
The_Experience_of_Literature
American actress (born 1940)
Ross was cast by John Houseman as Cordelia in a stage production of King Lear. While at the workshop, she began acting in television series in Los Angeles
Katharine_Ross
British actor
Theatre, Regent's Park in 2010. His work includes Kafka's Dick and King Lear at Theatre Royal, Bath, The Crucible directed by Tom Morris at the Bristol
Daniel_Weyman
Canadian actor and stage director (born 1939)
Iago; Oberon; and the title roles in Henry V, Oedipus the King, and King Lear. He also was an associate director.In 1968, Cariou made his Broadway debut
Len_Cariou
Recording studio in Munich established by Giorgio Moroder
session in the new studios was for the recording of the Marc Bolan & T. Rex album Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow (1974). Other rock bands
Musicland_Studios
Topics referred to by the same term
Abwärts, 1979 "Japan", a song by Landscape, 1979 "Japan", a song by Amanda Lear, 1980 "Japan", a song by Kenny G, 1985 "Japan", a song by Scarlett and Black
Japan_(disambiguation)
American economist and academic (1891–1979)
Nations as a Warbase, selection and explanatory comments by J. San Juan Lear: Bureau of Supplies, Printing, and Transportation, 1942. Puerto Rican Public
Rexford_Tugwell
English actor (1943–2026)
in 1980–81: he also played Berowne in Love's Labour's Lost, Edgar in King Lear, and in new work by David Rudkin, David Edgar and Howard Brenton and classic
Michael_Pennington
British theatre designer (1914–2003)
of the Ontario Stratford Festival’s Oedipus Rex, Granada Television's 1983 film production of King Lear starring Laurence Olivier, and is also credited
Tanya_Moiseiwitsch
1967 single by the Beatles
Fool on the Hill". The dramatic reading in the mix is Shakespeare's King Lear (Act IV, Scene 6), lines 219–222 and 249–262. It was added to the song on
I_Am_the_Walrus
English actress (born 1977)
review". The Guardian. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2022. "King Lear - review". The Guardian. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2022. "Macbeth
Anna_Maxwell_Martin
Japanese actor (1933–2016)
Cyrano de Bergerac Faust Hamlet Iliad King Lear Macbeth Medea The Merchant of Venice NINAGAWA Macbeth Oedipus Rex Othello Richard III Rokumeikan The Tempest
Mikijirō_Hira
American dancer and actress (1931–2025)
Benefit Gala Honors Iris Apfel, Carmen de Lavallade, Vernon E. Jordan, Norman Lear, Jacques Pépin, Morris W. Offit, Barbara & Donald Tober. Tuesday, April 4
Carmen_de_Lavallade
Canadian actor and director (b.1964)
Chasing Lear (2016) with producer Monique Hurteau; it premiered on APTN. Chasing Lear explores the National Arts Centre theatre production of King Lear, that
Lorne_Cardinal
Irish actor (born 1959)
McLaughlin Episode: "Shoot to Kill" 1998 Performance Edmund Episode: "King Lear" The Scold's Bridle Dave Hughes 2 episodes Riddler's Moon Kevin Sanders Television
Finbar_Lynch
American actor (1930–2018)
supporting major stars in classic revivals like Cyrano de Bergerac, King Lear, and Twelfth Night. Bosco appeared in revivals of plays by George Bernard
Philip_Bosco
Japanese theatre director and acting theorist
Suzuki's The Tale of Lear, his only production with an all-American cast; King Lear, presented with the Moscow Art Theatre; Oedipus Rex, co-produced by Cultural
Tadashi_Suzuki
English actor (1911–1995)
English actor. He is best known for his Shakespearean roles, especially King Lear. He often appeared in film, rising from a bit part actor to leading roles;
Michael_Hordern
American actor, writer, and director (born 1952)
York Shakespeare in the Park festival, Peters played Gloucester in King Lear. Peters is familiar to television viewers as Detective Lester Freamon in
Clarke_Peters
American-Canadian actor, director (1930–2017)
Alexander as well. In August 1973, he cast Jones as King Lear for his production on King Lear at The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park. He directed
Edwin_Sherin
Russian actor
Daughter Klara (2019). 1960 — A Man with the Future as miner 1971 — King Lear as servant / Edgar (voice) 1980 — Star Inspector as Douglas Kober 1982 —
Emmanuil_Vitorgan
American actor (1934–1971)
Patch Riley in A Touch of the Poet Grandfather in Twinkling of an Eye Lear in King Lear New York The Director in Six Characters in Search of an Audience,
Michael_O'Sullivan_(actor)
10, 2021. Matthew, Gilbert (September 19, 2022). "This week's TV: Norman Lear at 100, a comedy about reboots, and a reboot of 'Quantum Leap'". The Boston
List of Tom Hanks performances and credits
List_of_Tom_Hanks_performances_and_credits
British actress (1930–2020)
Margaret in Henry VI 1–3; Isabella in Measure for Measure; Regan in King Lear; Rosalind in As You Like It; and Viola in Twelfth Night. In 1978 she played
Barbara_Jefford
American actor (1928–2011)
Sticks and Bones (1973) Wide World Mystery – Nemith (1 episode, 1974) King Lear (1974) – Fool The Adams Chronicles (1976) – James McHenry The CBS Festival
Tom_Aldredge
Colombian and American comedian, actor and filmmaker (born 1960 or 1964)
Archived from the original on August 24, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2022. Reed, Rex (November 16, 2017). "John Leguizamo's 'Latin History for Morons' Is a One-Man
John_Leguizamo
Anecdote in Greek philosophical history
Ages, several works of Henry Fielding, and possibly even Shakespeare's King Lear along the way. The literature and artwork influenced by this story are extensive
Diogenes_and_Alexander
British actor (1936–2011)
slapped actor Jim Litten during the curtain call for the Broadway musical Rex. According to actor Stacy Keach, Williamson was fired from the lead role
Nicol_Williamson
Cymbeline, Romeo and Juliet, Henry VI Part One, Titus Andronicus, and King Lear. Douglas Hickox director Vincent Price as Edward Lionheart Diana Rigg as
List of William Shakespeare screen adaptations
List_of_William_Shakespeare_screen_adaptations
Canadian actress, playwright, and singer (born 1987)
productions. In 2015, she starred as Cordelia in Stratford's production of King Lear opposite Colm Feore, which was filmed by CBC and later had a limited theatrical
Sara_Farb
2013 soundtrack album by Various artists
Thirty Seconds to Mars, Tegan and Sara, Awolnation, The Naked and Famous, T. Rex, My Morning Jacket, Fitz and the Tantrums, Blondfire, Neon Trees, Cold War
Dallas Buyers Club (soundtrack)
Dallas_Buyers_Club_(soundtrack)
British director, writer, and actor (1935–2013)
My Fair Lady on Broadway in the early 1980s with Rex Harrison (about whom he wrote The Incomparable Rex) and Don Giovanni and in Japan, Handel's opera Ottone
Patrick_Garland
Canadian actor (1922–2009)
in 1953, and King Oedipus in the stage and screen production of Oedipus Rex in 1954. He appeared many times at Stratford in the fifty years that followed
Douglas_Campbell_(actor)
Canadian actor (1929–2021)
Tony-nominated roles include J.B. (1959), Othello (1982), No Man's Land (1994), King Lear (2004) and Inherit the Wind (2007). Plummer made his film debut in Stage
Christopher_Plummer
American actor (1927–1978)
the World 1954 (Petulant); The Carefree Tree 1955 (The Sixth Son); King Lear 1956 (Duke of Cornwall); Mister Johnson 1956 (Gollup); Saint Joan 1956 (The
Thayer_David
1991 opera by Krzysztof Penderecki
Ubu Rex is a satirical opera by Krzysztof Penderecki, on a libretto in German by the composer and Jerzy Jarocki, based on Alfred Jarry's 1896 play Ubu
Ubu_Rex
English actor and director (1907–1989)
last Shakespearean role as Lear in King Lear, for Granada Television, winning his fifth Emmy. He thought the role of Lear much less demanding than other
Laurence_Olivier
Person of low intelligence
occurs in the polemic surrounding Edmund from William Shakespeare's King Lear. In Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel The Idiot the title refers to the central character
Idiot
American actor (born 1947)
located at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard. Kline played the title role in King Lear at the Public Theater and took the lead role in a Broadway production of
Kevin_Kline
British actor (1888–1960)
Cyrano de Bergerac (1946 – 1947, Old Vic at New Theatre) as Ligniere King Lear (1946-1947, Old Vic at New Theatre) as Earl of Gloucester The Taming of the
George_Relph
Canadian actor, director, and academic
and Othello at Toronto's Crest Theatre and directed a production of King Lear. Gardner also appeared at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Stratford Festival
David_Gardner_(actor)
American comedy-drama television series
store owner Matt Rife as embassy counter worker in the business suit Simon Rex as Guy, Maria's love interest and Mo's rival Macon Blair as Jack Johanna
Mo_(TV_series)
Australian director & actor
his Shakespearean roles. In 1951 he played Cornwall in John Alden's King Lear at St. James Hall. That same year, he played Mephistopheles in Goethe's Faust
Owen_Weingott
American film production company
Gross-EM.TV. In 2006, through a group led by Act III Communications, Norman Lear and his partner Hal Gaba purchased 50% of Village Roadshow Pictures (VRP)
Village_Roadshow_Pictures
American actor
premiere, Goodman Theatre); Fences (Denver Center Theatre Company); King Lear (Folger Theatre); Yale Repertory Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, Wilma Theatre
Jerome_Preston_Bates
American actor (1917–1985)
Shakespeare and Musical Adaptation' 12 Four Tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth Edited by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan Page 309 Othello
Paul_Harris_(actor)
French psychiatrist and playwright
Guérin after Leo Tolstoy Medea by Euripides Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles King Lear by Shakespeare L'Œdipe maniaque : 4 volumes éditions
Jean_Gillibert
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Celi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1986) 1922 – Norman Lear, American screenwriter and producer (died 2023) 1923 – Mas Oyama, South Korean-Japanese
July_27
British actor (1899–1962)
appearances on stage as Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and as King Lear at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in 1959, although failing health resulted
Charles_Laughton
Greek actor and director (1900–1990)
appeared in the great Shakespearan roles in The Merchant of Venice, King Lear, Macbeth and played the title role in Hamlet, the first time the play had
Alexis_Minotis
2019 documentary film
the magic of mushrooms, this documentary is a treat for the eye and ear". Rex Reed of The New York Observer called the documentary "charming", while John
Fantastic_Fungi
Scottish actor
Glasgow – Anna Karenina Vronsky Nancy Meckler Shared Experience – King Lear Duke of Cornwall Dominic Hill Citizens Theatre, Glasgow 2 March 2012 – 24
Cal_MacAninch
Canadian actor
Year Title Role Notes 2013 Skating to New York Dr. David Janeau 2015 King Lear Edgar 2016 Stratford Festival: The Adventures of Pericles Pericles 2018 Romeo
Evan_Buliung
Japanese actor (1932–2025)
another daimyō, Hidetora Ichimonji (loosely based on King Lear from Shakespeare's play King Lear and inspired by the historical daimyō Mōri Motonari). He
Tatsuya_Nakadai
Archived from the original on May 23, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2019. Reed, Rex (July 24, 2012). "Just My Imagination: Ruby Sparks Would Be One Hell of a
List of Annette Bening performances
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Irish actor, director, writer
for his performance as the Fool in Selina Cartmell's production of King Lear at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. In 2018, his feature debut Metal Heart and
Hugh_O'Conor
1967 EP/soundtrack and LP by the Beatles
on a BBC Third Programme broadcast of Shakespeare's The Tragedy of King Lear. According to musicologist Thomas MacFarlane, Magical Mystery Tour shows
Magical_Mystery_Tour
First national flag of the United States
traditional Prospect Hill flag story". Patch. Retrieved July 3, 2020. DeLear, Byron (2014). "Revisiting the Flag at Prospect Hill: Grand Union or Just
Continental_Union_Flag
Japanese theatre director and actor (1935–2016)
by Juro Kara based on Kyōka Izumi 1975 King Lear (Lia-oh) (リア王) - by William Shakespeare 1976 Oedipus Rex (Oidipusu-oh) (オイディプス王) - by Sophocles 1976
Yukio_Ninagawa
German actor
Derrick and Der Alte. In 1981, he staged a production of Shakespeare's King Lear at the Bad Hersfeld Festival. At the end of the 1980s he returned to television
Ernst_Schröder_(actor)
(December 11, 2019). "Kevin Bacon joins Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei in Kimmel-Lear 'All in the Family' special". USA Today. Archived from the original on April
Woody_Harrelson_filmography
Period in English and Scottish history and culture
In literature, some of Shakespeare's most prominent plays, including King Lear (1605), Macbeth (1606), and The Tempest (1610), were written during the reign
Jacobean_era
English media personality, actress and singer (born 1971)
Group[citation needed] No Holding Back (autobiography) The Curious Tale of Fi-Rex (novel) (co-writer) "College Days". The Guardian. 1 May 2001. Archived from
Amanda_Holden
British police procedural television series
police are like the police in The Tower is like saying all kings are like Lear. But there do need to be things in place to make it easier for people to
The_Tower_(TV_series)
Broadway theater in Manhattan, New York
Broadway League (March 4, 2004). "King Lear – Broadway Play – 2004 Revival". IBDB. Retrieved March 7, 2022. "King Lear (Broadway, Vivian Beaumont Theater
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Much Ado About Nothing Benedick 1982 King Lear King Lear Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RSC) 1983 King Lear King Lear Barbican Theatre (RSC) Antony and Cleopatra
Michael Gambon on screen and stage
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Gloucester in the play Richard III and both Edmund and Cornwall in the play King Lear by William Shakespeare Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in the Shakespeare play
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LEAR REX
LEAR REX
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Devon)
English (chiefly Devon) : nickname for a thin or lean person, from Middle English lene ‘lean’ (Old English hlǣne).Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Liatháin (see Lehane).Reduced form of Scottish McLean.
Boy/Male
American, British, English, German, Shakespearean
Shakespearian King; Of the Meadow
Female
Hebrew
 Variant spelling of Hebrew Leah, LEA means "weary." Compare with another form of Lea.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : unexplained. The name is recorded in both England and Scotland. It may be a variant of Scottish Lour, a habitational name from Lour, formerly a part of the parish of Meathielour.Possibly also German : unexplained.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Near and Dear One
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and Irish
Scottish and Irish : possibly a reduced and altered form of McLeish.English : see Lees 2.Americanized form of German Lasch.
Female
English
 Variant spelling of Old English Lea, LEAH means "meadow." Compare with other forms of Leah.
Boy/Male
Australian, German
Bear; Courageous
Surname or Lastname
English
English : possibly a reduced and altered form of Scottish McLaren.
Surname or Lastname
English (Northumbria)
English (Northumbria) : topographic name for someone who lived by the Wear river in northern England. The river name is ancient, occuring in the form Vedra in Ptolemy’s Geographia; it is probably a Celtic word meaning ‘water’.English (Northumbria) : topographic name for someone who lived near a dam or weir, a variant spelling of Ware 1, or a habitational name from a place called Weare, in Devon and Somerset, from Old English wær, wer ‘weir’.
Boy/Male
Native American
Lean bear.
Boy/Male
Indian
Near and Dear One
Female
English
 Old English name LEA means "meadow." Compare with another form of Lea.
Female
Hebrew
(לֵ×ָה) Hebrew name LEAH means "weary." In the bible, this is the name of Jacob's first wife. Compare with other forms of Leah.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English pe(e)re ‘pear’ (Old English pere, peru, from Latin pirum), a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of pears, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a pear tree or pear orchard.English : nickname from Middle English pere ‘peer’, ‘companion’ (Old French pe(e)r, from Latin par ‘equal’).Jewish : Americanization of some like-sounding Ashkenazic surname; e.g. possibly a shortened form of a surname such as Pearl, Pearlman, or Pearlstein.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Leake.
Boy/Male
English Shakespearean
Shakespearian king.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English nickname Bere meaning ‘bear’ (Old English bera, which is also found as a byname), or possibly from a personal name derived from a short form of the various Germanic compound names with this first element. Compare for example Bernhard. The bear has generally been regarded with a mixture of fear and amusement because of its strength and unpredictable temper on the one hand and its clumsy gait on the other, and in the medieval period it was also thought to typify the sins of sloth and gluttony. All these characteristics are no doubt reflected in the nickname. Throughout the Middle Ages the bear was a familiar figure in popular entertainments such as bear baiting and dancing bears.English : variant spelling of the habitational name Beer.Probably a translation of cognates of 1 in other languages, for example German Baer, and also an Americanized spelling of German Bahr.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places in northern France named with the Germanic element lÄr ‘clearing’.English : variant of Layer.English : nickname from Old English hlÄ“or ‘cheek’, ‘face’Irish : reduced Anglicization of Gaelic Mac Giolla Uidhir ‘son of the swarthy lad’ or ‘son of the servant of Odhar’, a byname from odhar (genitive uidhir) ‘dun-colored’, ‘weatherbeaten’. Compare McAleer.
Surname or Lastname
English, Spanish, and Portuguese
English, Spanish, and Portuguese : nickname for a loyal or trustworthy person, from Old French leial, Spanish and Portuguese leal ‘loyal’, ‘faithful (to obligations)’, Latin legalis, from lex, ‘law’, ‘obligation’ (genitive legis).
LEAR REX
LEAR REX
LEAR REX
LEAR REX
LEAR REX
LEAR REX
LEAR REX
v. t.
To learn. See Lere, to learn.
superl.
Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year.
v. t.
To learn.
n.
A dear one; lover; sweetheart.
v. t.
To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name.
v. t.
To bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest.
v. t.
To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call.
a.
See Leer, a.
n.
Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear.
v. i.
To draw near; to approach.
v. t.
To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle.
v. t.
To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
v. t.
To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef.
n.
An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear.
v. t.
To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
a.
Pertaining to leap year.
adv.
Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend.
n.
An annealing oven. See Leer, n.
n.
An article made of lead or an alloy of lead