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Lee

UK/liː/ US/ˈli/ common
noun (8) adjective (1)

noun

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United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)

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3.

United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973)

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United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926)

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leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American colonies (1732-1794)

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American general who led the Confederate armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)

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8.

the side of something that is sheltered from the wind

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adjective

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towards the side away from the wind

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Origin

From Middle English lee, from Old English hlēo, hlēow (“shelter, protection”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw (whence also Proto-Slavic *xlěvъ), from Proto-Germanic *hlaiwaz (compare German Lee (“lee”), Swedish lä, Danish læ, Norwegian le, Old Norse hlé, Dutch lij), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (compare Welsh clyd (“warm, cozy”), Latin calēre (“to warm up”), Lithuanian šiltas (“warm, pleasant”), Sanskrit शरद् (śarad, “autumn”)).

Phrases

  • Fort Lee
  • lee cloth
  • Lee County
  • Lee Creek
  • Lee Moor
  • Lee-Kesler method
  • Merry Lees
  • Robert Lee
  • Rosie Lee
  • under the lee

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