Barnum, P(hineas) T(aylor). The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Barnum, P(hineas) T(aylor)

SYLLABICATION:	Bar·num
PRONUNCIATION:	bärnm
DATES:	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.


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