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Barrymore

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Noun

1. barrymore, john barrymore

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

2. barrymore, ethel barrymore

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

3. barrymore, lionel barrymore

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

4. barrymore, georgiana barrymore, georgiana emma barrymore

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. barrymore, herbert blythe, maurice barrymore

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Barrymore

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noun
a US family of actors, esp Ethel (1879–1959), John (1882–1942), Lionel (1878–1954), and Drew (born 1975)

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Barrymore

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1. 
Ethel1879-1959; U.S. actress: sister of John
2. 
John1882-1942; U.S. actor
3. 
Lionel1878-1954; U.S. actor: brother of John
4. 
Maurice(born Herbert Blythe) 1847-1905; U.S. actor: father of Ethel, John, & Lionel

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Barrymore

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Family of American actors, including Lionel (1878-1954), who won an Oscar in 1931 for Free Soul; his sister Ethel (1879-1959), who appeared mainly on stage but also won an Academy Award in 1944 for None but the Lonely Heart; and their brother John (1882-1942), known as "the Great Profile," who appeared on stage as Hamlet and Richard III and in many motion pictures, including Dinner at Eight (1933).

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