LUCAS


Meaning of LUCAS in English

I. Luc ‧ as, George /ˈluːkəs/ BrE AmE

(1944–) a US film ↑ director , ↑ producer , and film writer, who is most famous for making the Star Wars films. He also worked with Steven Spielberg to make Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and two other films about the character Indiana Jones.

II. Lucas, Henry Lee BrE AmE

(1936–2001) an American once considered one of the world's worst SERIAL KILLER s after he said in 1965 that he had murdered more than 100 people. He was SENTENCED TO DEATH (=given the legal punishment of death by a judge) , but it was discovered that he had invented most of his ↑ confession s , and the ↑ death sentence was changed to LIFE IMPRISONMENT .

III. Lu·cas, Matt /ˈluːkəs, mæt/ BrE AmE

(1974-) a British ↑ comedy actor who is best known for appearing with David Walliams in the television SKETCH SHOW Little Britain . He plays characters in the show such as Daffyd Thomas (a ↑ gay Welsh man), Vicky Pollard (a badly behaved teenage girl), Andy Pipkin (a man in a ↑ wheelchair ), and Marjorie Dawes (a DIET INSTRUCTOR ). He first became famous playing the character of George Dawes, a large baby who played the drums and kept the score on Shooting Stars , a comedy television ↑ game show with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer. He is known for being ↑ bald and for being openly gay.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.