Barnum

Definition: Barnum

Barnum

Noun

1. United States showman who popularized the circus (1810-1891).

Date "Barnum" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1864. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Biographical Satire	BARNUM, Phineas T., fathered the introduction of the peanut, the clown, and the beautiful bareback riders. As a side show he taught that some Americans were Progressives part of the time; that other Americans were Republicans all the time, but that all Americans were not Democrats all the time. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Barnum

Synonyms: P. T. Barnum (n), Phineas Taylor Barnum (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Barnum

English words defined with "Barnum": Jenny Lind ♦ Lind ♦ P. T. Barnum, Phineas Taylor Barnum ♦ Swedish Nightingale. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Barnum": 50518, 55707 ♦ 75939. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	He was also the most shameless exhibitionist since Barnum & Bailey. (Lawrence of Arabia; writing credit: T.E. Lawrence; Robert Bolt)
Movie/TV Titles	The Mighty Barnum (1934) Barnum Was Right (1929) Inc. Barnum & Ringling (1928) Barnum and Bailey's Circus (1901) P.T. Barnum (1999)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Barnum Museum: Stories (reference) Humbug: The Art of P. T. Barnum (reference) Jenny and Barnum (reference) P.T. Barnum (reference) P.T. Barnum Presents Jenny Lind: The American Tour of the Swedish Nightingale (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	P.T. Barnum & His Human Oddities (reference) P.T. Barnum - America's Greatest Showman (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
P. T. Barnum	Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.
P.T. Barnum	Every crowd has a silver lining.
	There's a sucker born every minute.
	More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much.
Phineas T(aylor) Barnum	A sucker is born every minute.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Barnum" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 78.26% of the time. "Barnum" is used about 23 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)	78.26%	18	82,615
Noun (singular)	21.74%	5	157,705
Total	100.00%	23	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "Barnum" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Barnum	Last name	2,000	5,424
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

1. Barnum, IA (city, FIPS 4645)
Location: 42.50669 N, 94.36433 W
Population (1990): 174 (69 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 50518
Country: USA

2. Barnum, MN (city, FIPS 3628)
Location: 46.50478 N, 92.68930 W
Population (1990): 482 (221 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 55707
Country: USA

3. Barnum, TX
Zip Code(s): 75939
Country: USA

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Expressions: Barnum

Expressions using "Barnum": Barnum Island ♦ P. T. Barnum ♦ Phineas Taylor Barnum. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Barnum

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
barnum	308
barnum bailey	89
barnum festival	45
barnum minnesota	40
barnum p.t	31
pt barnum	29
barnum beauty supply	18
barnum circus	16
p t barnum	12
barnum musical	12
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Barnum

Language		Translations for "Barnum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		selvhenføringstendens (Barnum effect). (various references)

Dutch		Barnum-effect (Barnum effect). (various references)

Finnish		Barnumin efekti (Barnum effect). (various references)

French		effet Barnum (Barnum effect). (various references)

German		Barnum-Effekt (Barnum effect). (various references)

Greek		φαινόμ?νο Barnum (Barnum effect). (various references)

Pig Latin		arnumbay.(various references)

Spanish		efecto Barnum (Barnum effect). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Barnum

Misspellings
	"Barnum" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Arnun, Bangum, Banim, Baranov, Barnaul, Barnimir, Barquq, Barum, Baruma, Barzun, Beinum, Brannam. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Barnum

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-m-n-r-u"
	-1 letter: buran, rumba, umbra, unarm, unbar, urban.
	-2 letters: arum, barm, barn, bran, bura, burn, maun, mura, numb.
	-3 letters: amu, arb, arm, bam, ban, bar, bra, bum, bun, bur, man, mar, mun, nab, nam, nub, ram, ran, rub, rum, run, urb, urn.
	-4 letters: ab, am, an, ar, ba, ma, mu, na, nu, um, un.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-m-n-r-u"
	+2 letters: alburnum, laburnum, manubria, penumbra, rambutan, rumbaing, urbanism.
	+3 letters: alburnums, laburnums, lumberman, manubrium, numerable, penumbrae, penumbral, penumbras, rambutans, rhumbaing, submarine, subnormal, urbanisms.
	+4 letters: barramunda, barramundi, buckraming, enumerable, lambrequin, lebensraum, mandibular, manubriums, membranous, mensurable, numberable, scrubwoman, submanager, submarined, submariner, submarines, tambourine, tambouring, unscramble.
	+5 letters: adumbrating, adumbration, albuminuria, albuminuric, barramundas, barramundis, candelabrum, denumerable, denumerably, drumbeating, encumbrance, innumerable, innumerably, lambrequins, lebensraums, multicarbon, submanagers, submarginal, submariners, submarining, subnormally, subterminal, tambourines, umbrellaing, unmemorable, unmemorably, unremovable, unscrambled, unscrambler, unscrambles.
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