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Definition of 'lewis'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) lewis
a device for lifting a dressed stone, consisting of a number of pieces fitting together to fill a dovetailed recess cut into the stone.

2. (n.) Lewis
C(ecil) Day,

3.  Lewis
C(live) S(taples) (“Clive Hamilton”), 1898–1963, English novelist and essayist.

4.  Lewis
(Harry) Sinclair, 1885–1951, U.S. writer: Nobel prize 1930.

5.  Lewis
John L(lewellyn), 1880–1969, U.S. labor leader.

6.  Lewis
Meriwether, 1774–1809, U.S. explorer: leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition 1804–06.

7.  Lewis
(Percy) Wyndham, 1884–1957, English writer and painter, born in the U.S.

Definition of 'lewis'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Lewis, Jerry Lee Lewis
United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)

2. (noun) Lewis, Carl Lewis, Frederick Carleton Lewis
United States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961)

3. (noun) Lewis, Meriwether Lewis
United States explorer and soldier who lead led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River (1774-1809)

4. (noun) Lewis, John L. Lewis, John Llewelly Lewis
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)

5. (noun) Lewis, Sinclair Lewis, Harry Sinclair Lewis
United States novelist who satirized middle-class America in his novel Main Street (1885-1951)

6. (noun) Lewis, C. S. Lewis, Clive Staples Lewis
English critic and novelist; author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963)

Definition of 'lewis'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) lewis
alt. of Lewisson

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