Lewis
['luːɪs] or ['lʊɪs]
Definition
(noun.) English critic and novelist; author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963).
(noun.) United States novelist who satirized middle-class America in his novel Main Street (1885-1951).
(noun.) United States labor leader who was president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 and president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1935 to 1940 (1880-1969).
(noun.) United States explorer and soldier who lead led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River (1774-1809).
(noun.) United States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961).
(noun.) United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935).
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Definition
(n.) Alt. of Lewisson
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Definition
n. a contrivance for securing a hold on a block of stone to allow of its being raised by a derrick.—Also Lew′isson.
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Examples
- Lewis in the Classical Museum, vol. Plato. The Republic.
- It was Bishop Vincent, who helped Lewis Miller found the Chautauqua I exhibited it, and then he asked if he could speak a few words. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It slid before the Lime Rock, blotted out Ida Lewis's little house, and passed across the turret in which the light was hung. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It was not thought necessary in Sir Lewis de Bourgh's family. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Lewis, Principal of the William Penn High School, has read the manuscript and has given me the benefit of his experience and interest. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The first attempts in this art were by Dixon, of Jersey City, and Lewis, of Dublin, in 1841, who used resins. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Hell, it's a Lewis gun, Robert Jordan thought. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Eugene Lewis, of Eaton & Lewis, had this in hand for me. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The Lewis hand fire-extinguisher was next investigated. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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