lawrence Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
St. Lawrence; Saint Lawrence; Laurentius.
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noun Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935)
Thomas Edward Lawrence; T. E. Lawrence; Lawrence of Arabia.
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noun English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830)
Sir Thomas Lawrence.
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noun English actress (1898-1952)
Gertrude Lawrence.
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noun United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958)
E. O. Lawrence; Ernest Orlando Lawrence.
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noun English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930)
David Herbert Lawrence; D. H. Lawrence.
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noun a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856