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English noun: Lawrence

1. Lawrence (person) 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)


SynonymsLaurentius, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence


Instance hypernymmartyr, saint


Domain categoryChristian religion, Christianity

2. Lawrence (person) Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935)


SynonymsLawrence of Arabia, T. E. Lawrence, Thomas Edward Lawrence


Instance hypernymauthor, soldier, writer

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


SynonymsSir Thomas Lawrence


Instance hypernympainter

4. Lawrence (person) English actress (1898-1952)


SynonymsGertrude Lawrence


Instance hypernymactress

5. Lawrence (person) United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958)


SynonymsE. O. Lawrence, Ernest Orlando Lawrence


Instance hypernymnuclear physicist

6. Lawrence (person) English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930)


SynonymsD. H. Lawrence, David Herbert Lawrence


Instance hypernymauthor, writer

7. Lawrence (location) a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856


Instance hypernymtown


Part meronymKansas, KS, Sunflower State









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