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lawrence meaning and definition
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Definition of Lawrence (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)
- synonyms: Laurentius, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence
- 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
- English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830)
- synonyms: Sir Thomas Lawrence
- English actress (1898-1952)
- synonyms: Gertrude Lawrence
- United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958)
- synonyms: E. O. Lawrence, Ernest Orlando Lawrence
- English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930)
- synonyms: D. H. Lawrence, David Herbert Lawrence
- a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856
Source: Princeton University Wordnet