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name
A male given name from Frankish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
An English surname originating as a patronymic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
The title given to a partially apprenticed Freemason who is normally the Master or Son of a practicing Freemason; one practising or learning the degrees of Freemasonry after introduction to the degrees and before full induction or before becoming a Worshipful Brother.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A locale in the United States:
A census-designated place in Montezuma County, Colorado.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Vigo County, Indiana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A locale in the United States:
A minor city in Cass County, Iowa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A locale in the United States:
A minor city in Edwards County, Kansas; named for journalist M. M. Lewis.
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name
A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri; named for landowner Howell Lewis.
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name
A locale in the United States:
A town in Essex County, New York; named for Morgan Lewis, 3rd Governor of New York.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A locale in the United States:
A town in Lewis County, New York; named for its county, itself for Morgan Lewis.
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name
A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Granville County, North Carolina.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A locale in the United States:
A town in Essex County, Vermont; named for landowners Nathan, Sevignior and Timothy Lewis.
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name
A locale in the United States:
A census-designated place in Clam Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin; named for founder Charles E. Lewis.
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name
A locale in the United States:
A ghost town in California.
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name
A locale in the United States:
A number of townships, listed under Lewis Township.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic].
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name
A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
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name
Ellipsis of the Isle of Lewis: an island of Scotland, United Kingdom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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noun
A cramp iron inserted into a cavity in order to lift heavy stones; used as a symbol of strength in Freemasonry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: lewisson
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noun
The son of a Freemason, envisaged as assisting his father in heavy work or in old age.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively
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noun
A kind of shears used in cropping woollen cloth.
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noun
English critic and novelist; author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: C. S. Lewis, Clive Staples Lewis
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Broader terms: writer, author
noun
United States novelist who satirized middle-class America in his novel Main Street (1885-1951)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Sinclair Lewis, Harry Sinclair Lewis
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Broader terms: writer, author
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)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: John L. Lewis, John Llewelly Lewis
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Broader terms: labor leader
noun
United States explorer and soldier who lead led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River (1774-1809)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Meriwether Lewis
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Broader terms: explorer, adventurer
noun
United States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Carl Lewis, Frederick Carleton Lewis
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Broader terms: jumper, sprinter
noun
United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Jerry Lee Lewis
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Broader terms: pianist, piano player, rock star
History
From Middle English Lewis, Lowis, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French Louis, from Frankish *Hlūdawīg. Doublet of Louis.
An anglicization of Irish Lobhaois, itself from Old French Louis.
An adopted anglicization of Welsh Llywelyn, from Old Welsh, from Proto-Brythonic *Lluɣβelen, from Proto-Celtic *Lugus + *Belinos, whose origin is disputed; see Belenus.
Derived from Scottish Gaelic Leòdhas, of uncertain origin; traditionally referred to Old Norse Ljóðahús, from ljóð (“song, poem”) + hús (“house”); but may be related to the Pictish name of the island recorded in Ptolemy's Geography as Λίμνου (Límnou).
From Middle English lewis, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old French lous, plural of lou, loup (“the name of a kind of siege engine”, literally “wolf”); or related to clevis.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
