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Barnum

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Bar·num  (bärnm), P(hineas) T(aylor) 1810-1891.
American showman who established The Greatest Show on Earth (1871), which was merged with its major competition (1881) to form the Barnum and Bailey Circus.
Barnum [ˈbɑːnəm]
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(Biographies / Barnum, P(hineas) T(aylor). (1810-1891) M, US, THEATRE: showman) P(hineas) T(aylor). 1810-91, US showman, who created The Greatest Show on Earth (1871) and, with J. A. Bailey, founded the Barnum and Bailey Circus (1881)
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Noun1.BarnumBarnum - United States showman who popularized the circus (1810-1891)
P. T. Barnum, Phineas Taylor Barnum


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