 lawrence |
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| 1. | [ noun ] Man's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 63 | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (writing) English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930) | |
| Synonyms: | david_herbert_lawrence d._h._lawrence | |
| Related terms: | writer | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (theater,performing arts) English actress (1898-1952) | |
| Synonyms: | gertrude_lawrence | |
| Related terms: | actress | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (fine art) English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830) | |
| Synonyms: | sir_thomas_lawrence | |
| Related terms: | painter | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (military,work,writing) 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: | t._e._lawrence thomas_edward_lawrence lawrence_of_arabia | |
| Related terms: | soldier writer | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (religion,Christianity) Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the Church's treasure and when he responded by offering the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258) | |
| Synonyms: | saint_lawrence st_lawrence st._lawrence laurentius | |
| Related terms: | saint martyr Christianity | |
| 7. | [ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 3492 | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (physics,nuclear physics) United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958) | |
| Synonyms: | ernest_orlando_lawrence e._o._lawrence | |
| Related terms: | nuclear_physicist | |
| 9. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 192 | |
| 10. | [ noun ] (government,geography) a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856 | |
| Related terms: | town Kansas | |
| Similar spelling: |
Larence Laurence Lawerence Lawrance lawrencium laryngeal larynx laurens |
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