Barrymore Definition

barrymore
noun
  1. United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1882-1942)
  2. United States actress; daughter of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1879-1959)
  3. United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1878-1954)
  4. 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. United States actor; husband of Georgiana Emma Barrymore and father of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1847-1905)

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