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Lloyd

noun

United States comic actor in silent films; he used physical danger as a source of comedy (1893-1971)

• Syn: ↑Harold Lloyd, ↑Harold Clayton Lloyd

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑actor, ↑histrion, ↑player, ↑thespian, ↑role player

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/loyd/, n.

1. Welsh Legend. Llwyd.

2. Harold (Clayton) /klayt"n/, 1894-1971, U.S. actor.

3. (John) Selwyn (Brooke) /sel"win/, 1904-78, British statesman.

4. a male given name: from a Welsh word meaning "gray."

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Harold (Clayton) (1893 - 1971), U.S. movie comedian. Performing his own hair-raising stunts, he used physical danger as a source of comedy in silent movies such as High and Dizzy (1920), Safety Last (1923), and The Freshman (1925). He received an honorary Academy Award in 1952

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