Barrymore

Definitions: Barrymore

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).

Date "Barrymore" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references)

Synonyms: Barrymore

Synonyms: Ethel Barrymore (n), Georgiana Barrymore (n), Georgiana Emma Barrymore (n), Herbert Blythe (n), John Barrymore (n), Lionel Barrymore (n), Maurice Barrymore (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Barrymore

English words defined with "Barrymore": Drew ♦ Ethel Barrymore ♦ Georgiana Barrymore, Georgiana Emma Barrymore ♦ Herbert Blythe ♦ John Barrymore, John Drew ♦ Lionel Barrymore ♦ Maurice Barrymore. (references)

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Modern Usage: Barrymore

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Farewell, Ethel Barrymore, I must tear myself from your side. (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green) It tosses the sandbags overboard so the balloon can soar. Suddenly I'm above the ordinary. I'm competent. I'm walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls. I'm one of the great ones. I'm Michaelangelo, molding the beard of Moses. I'm Van Gogh painting pure sunlight. I'm Horowitz, playing the Emperor Concerto. I'm John Barrymore before movies got him by the throat. (The Lost Weekend; writing credit: Charles Brackett)
Movie/TV Titles	Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956) Barrymore Tomboy (1927) Michael Barrymore (1983)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Barrymore

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Photo Album: Barrymore

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	John Barrymore, or, Reluctant Roscius.Credit: Library of Congress.		Ethel Barrymore, half-length portrait, profile facing left.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Ethel Barrymore.Credit: Library of Congress.		Barrymore children, Diana and Robbin, portrait photograph.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Portrait photograph of John Barrymore.Credit: Library of Congress.		Ethel Barrymore acts as saleslady at the Christmas Seal booth in Washington, D.C. With Miss Barrymore are Miss Carlia(?) Campbell and Mrs. Sidney Thomas, leaders in last years sales campaign.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Portrait of Ethel Barrymore.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Barrymore

"Barrymore" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Barrymore" is used about 69 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	69	40,280

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Barrymore

Expressions using "Barrymore": Ethel Barrymore ♦ Georgiana Barrymore ♦ Georgiana Emma Barrymore ♦ John Barrymore ♦ Lionel Barrymore ♦ Maurice Barrymore. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Barrymore

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
drew barrymore	5,973
barrymore	146
playboy drew barrymore	121
lionel barrymore	46
free nude pic of drew barrymore	36
john barrymore	36
barrymore theater	31
jaid barrymore	30
barrymore bullock drew gwyneth marilyn monroe natalie paltrow portman sandra	26
barrymore drew gwyneth julianne marilyn monroe moore natalie paltrow portman	26
barrymore drew gwyneth kidman marilyn monroe natalie nicole paltrow portman	25
barrymore drew gwyneth hayworth kidman natalie nicole paltrow portman rita	25
barrymore bullock drew hayworth kidman natalie nicole portman rita sandra	25
barrymore bullock drew gwyneth kidman marilyn monroe nicole paltrow sandra	24
barrymore drew hayworth julianne kidman marilyn monroe moore nicole rita	24
naked pic of drew barrymore	24
barrymore bullock drew hayworth marilyn monroe natalie portman rita sandra	24
barrymore drew gwyneth hayworth marilyn monroe natalie paltrow portman rita	23
barrymore bullock drew gwyneth kidman natalie nicole paltrow portman sandra	23
barrymore bullock drew julianne kidman marilyn monroe moore nicole sandra	23
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Barrymore

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-m-o-r-r-r-y"
	-2 letters: armorer, remarry.
	-3 letters: ambery, armory, brayer, embryo, marrer, orrery, remora, roamer, roarer.
	-4 letters: amber, ambry, arbor, armer, armor, barer, barmy, barre, barye, beamy, berry, borer, boyar, bream, brome, embar, embay, error, marry, maybe, mayor, merry, morae, moray, omber, ombre, ormer, rarer, rearm, rebar, yarer, yerba.
	-5 letters: abye, aero, aery, ambo, army, bare, barm, beam, bear, bema, berm, boar, bora, bore, brae, bray, brrr, byre, eyra, mabe, mare, mayo, mora, more, obey, omer, orby, orra, oyer, rare, ream, rear, roam, roar, robe, yare, year, yore.
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