Barnum

[ bahr-nuhm ]

noun

1. P(hineas) T(aylor), 1810–91, U.S. showman who established a circus in 1871.

Barnum

/ ˈbɑːnəm /

noun

1. BarnumP(hineas) T(aylor).18101891MUSTHEATRE: 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)

Example Sentences

Barnum would have approved; and which were typically followed by the screening of a horror movie.

From Los Angeles Times

The two, who have been with Vargas for three years, met when they were with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey.

From Los Angeles Times

“He knows what the scene is. He’s a demagogue of the spectacle. He’s an authoritarian P.T. Barnum.”

From Los Angeles Times

Among the fossilised finds, is "Barnum", the largest coprolite found that belongs to a carnivore, which measures at 67.5cm.

From BBC

Barnum in his flair for dreaming up novel items to sell and romanticizing them with a story that attracted publicity, bidders and simply looky-loos to Sotheby’s galleries on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

From New York Times