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Lawrence

law·rence

UK/ˈlɒ.ɹəns/ US/ˈlɔɹəns/ common informal us

noun

1.

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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2.

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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3.

English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830)

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English actress (1898-1952)

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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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7.

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

Origin

See Laurence.

Phrases

  • Ayot St Lawrence
  • Gulf of Saint Lawrence
  • Lawrence Hill
  • Lawrence syndrome
  • Lawrence-Seip syndrome
  • lazy Lawrence
  • Saint Lawrence River
  • St. Lawrence

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