LEWIS


Meaning of LEWIS in English

/looh"is/ , n.

1. C(ecil) Day , 1904-72, British poet: poet laureate after 1968.

2. C(live) S(taples) /stay"peuhlz/ , ( "Clive Hamilton" ), 1898-1963, English novelist and essayist.

3. Gilbert Newton , 1875-1946, U.S. chemist.

4. (Harry) Sinclair , 1885-1951, U.S. novelist, playwright, and journalist: Nobel prize 1930.

5. Isaac Newton , 1858-1931, U.S. soldier and inventor.

6. Jerry Lee , born 1935, U.S. country-and-western and rock-'n'-roll singer, musician, and composer.

7. John (Aaron) , born 1920, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and musical director.

8. John L(lewellyn) , 1880-1969, U.S. labor leader.

9. Matthew Gregory ( "Monk Lewis" ), 1775-1809, English novelist, dramatist, and poet.

10. Meriwether /mer"i wedh'euhr/ , 1774-1809, U.S. explorer: leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition 1804-06.

11. (Percy) Wyndham /win"deuhm/ , 1884-1957, English novelist, essayist, and painter; born in the U.S.

12. R(ichard) W(arrington) B(aldwin) , born 1917, U.S. biographer, literary critic, and scholar.

13. a male given name.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .