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