Definitions for wallaceˈwɒl ɪs, ˈwɔ lɪs
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Wal•laceˈwɒl ɪs, ˈwɔ lɪs(n.)
Alfred Russel, 1823–1913, English naturalist.
Category: Biography
George Corley, 1919–98, U.S. politician.
Category: Biography
Henry (Agard), 1888–1965, vice president of the U.S. 1941–45.
Category: Biography
Lewis (“Lew”), 1827–1905, U.S. general and novelist.
Category: Biography
Sir William, 1272?–1305, Scottish military leader and patriot.
Category: Biography
(William Roy) DeWitt, 1889–1981, and his wife, Lila Bell (Acheson), 1889–1984, U.S. magazine publishers.
Category: Biography
Princeton's WordNet
Wallace, Sir William Wallace(noun)
Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305)
Wallace, Edgar Wallace, Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace(noun)
English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932)
Wallace, Alfred Russel Wallace(noun)
English naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913)
Wiktionary
Wallace(ProperNoun)
, notably of the Scottish patriot William Wallace.
Wallace(ProperNoun)
, transferred use of the surname since the nineteenth century.
Origin: An byname for a Welshman or Breton , from waleis "foreign".
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