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LAWRENCE

Definition:

1. [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: Lawrence, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence, Laurentius
   
   
2. [noun] 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, T. E. Lawrence, Thomas Edward Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia
   
   
3. [noun] English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830)
   Synonyms: Lawrence, Sir Thomas Lawrence
   
   
4. [noun] English actress (1898-1952)
   Synonyms: Lawrence, Gertrude Lawrence
   
   
5. [noun] United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958)
   Synonyms: Lawrence, E. O. Lawrence, Ernest Orlando Lawrence
   
   
6. [noun] English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930)
   Synonyms: Lawrence, D. H. Lawrence, David Herbert Lawrence
   
   
7. [noun] a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856
   Synonyms: Lawrence
   
   

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