/lawr"euhns, lor"-/ , n.
1. D(avid) H(erbert) , 1885-1930, English novelist.
2. Ernest O(rlando) , 1901-58, U.S. physicist: inventor of the cyclotron; Nobel prize 1939.
3. Gertrude , 1901?-52, English actress.
4. Jacob , born 1917, U.S. painter and educator.
5. James , 1781-1813, U.S. naval officer in the War of 1812.
6. Saint . Also, Lorenzo . Latin, Laurentius . died A.D. 258?, early church martyr.
7. Sir Thomas , 1769-1830, English painter.
8. T(homas) E(dward) ( T. E. Shaw ) ( "Lawrence of Arabia" ), 1888-1935, English archaeologist, adventurer, soldier, and writer.
9. a city in NE Massachusetts, on the Merrimack River. 63,175.
10. a city in E Kansas, on the Kansas River. 52,738.
11. a town in central Indiana. 25,591.
12. a male given name: from a Latin word meaning "a man of Laurentum."