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) |
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| Synonyms | Laurentius, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence |
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| Instance hypernym | martyr, saint |
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| Domain category | Christian religion, Christianity |
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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) |
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| Synonyms | Lawrence of Arabia, T. E. Lawrence, Thomas Edward Lawrence |
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| Instance hypernym | author, soldier, writer |
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3. | Lawrence (person) English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830) |
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| Synonyms | Sir Thomas Lawrence |
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| Instance hypernym | painter |
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4. | Lawrence (person) English actress (1898-1952) |
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| Synonyms | Gertrude Lawrence |
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| Instance hypernym | actress |
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5. | Lawrence (person) United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958) |
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| Synonyms | E. O. Lawrence, Ernest Orlando Lawrence |
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| Instance hypernym | nuclear physicist |
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6. | Lawrence (person) English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930) |
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| Synonyms | D. H. Lawrence, David Herbert Lawrence |
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| Instance hypernym | author, writer |
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7. | Lawrence (location) a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856 |
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| Instance hypernym | town |
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| Part meronym | Kansas, KS, Sunflower State |
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