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Lawrence

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Lawrence

1
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a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856
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English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930)
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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)
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English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830)
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Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935)
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English actress (1898-1952)
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United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Lawrence
1

n a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856

Example of:
town
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
2

n English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930)

Synonyms:
D. H. Lawrence, David Herbert Lawrence
Example of:
author, writer
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
3

n 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)

Synonyms:
Laurentius, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence
Example of:
martyr
one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion
saint
a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
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n English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830)

Synonyms:
Sir Thomas Lawrence
Example of:
painter
an artist who paints
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n Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935)

Synonyms:
Lawrence of Arabia, T. E. Lawrence, Thomas Edward Lawrence
Example of:
soldier
an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
author, writer
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
6

n English actress (1898-1952)

Synonyms:
Gertrude Lawrence
Example of:
actress
a female actor
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n United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958)

Synonyms:
E. O. Lawrence, Ernest Orlando Lawrence
Example of:
nuclear physicist
a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics
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