n.
1.United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)
2.United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-)
3.a soldier of the American Revolution whose troops helped capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British (1738-1789)
Idiom of the Day
straighten (something) up or straighten up (something)
to put something in order, to clean and make something neat
We had to straighten up the house before inviting my parents for dinner.