Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965); 
[syn: Laurel, Stan Laurel, Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Stan Laurel
    n 1: United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who
         played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the
         Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965) [syn:
         Laurel, Stan Laurel, Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel]