Definitions for Lawrence
ˈlɔr əns, ˈlɒr-Lawrence

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1. Lawrence, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence, Laurentiusnoun

   Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)

2. Lawrence, T. E. Lawrence, Thomas Edward Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabianoun

   Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935)

3. Lawrence, Sir Thomas Lawrencenoun

   English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830)

4. Lawrence, Gertrude Lawrencenoun

   English actress (1898-1952)

5. Lawrence, E. O. Lawrence, Ernest Orlando Lawrencenoun

   United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958)

6. Lawrence, D. H. Lawrence, David Herbert Lawrencenoun

   English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930)

7. Lawrencenoun

   a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856

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1. Lawrencenoun

   A male given name from Latin, the usual spelling of Laurence in the U.S.

   "I named him Lawrence. After my father. Pete, that's my husband, he never really liked the name Lawrence. He thought it wasn't very..." she shut her eyes for a moment, shaking her head slowly, "...very masculine." She opened her eyes and smiled ruefully. " That's a good one, isn't it?"

2. Lawrencenoun

   A patronymic surname.

   "My name is Richard Lawrence."

3. Lawrencenoun

   A city, the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas, United States.

4. Lawrencenoun

   A city in Massachusetts, United States and one of the two county seats of Essex County.

5. Lawrencenoun

   A small town in Otago, New Zealand, named after Henry Montgomery Lawrence.

6. Lawrencenoun

   A haze caused by heat; named after a third-century Christian killed by Emperor Valerian by being burned.

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1. Lawrence

   Lawrence is the sixth largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Lawrence, Kansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Douglas County. Located 25 miles east of Topeka, Kansas, and 41 miles west of Kansas City, Missouri, it is situated along the banks of the Kansas and Wakarusa Rivers. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 87,643. Lawrence is a college town and is the home to the University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Nations University. Lawrence was founded by the New England Emigrant Aid Company and was named for Amos Adams Lawrence who offered financial aid and support for the settlement. Lawrence was central to the Bleeding Kansas era and was the site of the Wakarusa War, the sacking of Lawrence and Quantrill’s Raid. Early in its existence, Lawrence transitioned from being a political city to a varied one focusing on many industries including agriculture, manufacturing and education when the University of Kansas was founded in 1866 and Haskell Indian Nations University opened in 1884. Lawrence has been named one of the best places to retire by U.S. News & World Report and one of America's 10 best college towns by Parents & Colleges.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Lawrence' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4358

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Lawrence' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3550

How to pronounce Lawrence?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Lawrence in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Lawrence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Lawrence in a Sentence

1. Mayor Christopher Bobbitt:

   As I have said publicly before, hate has no home in Lawrence Township. As someone that has felt its sting, I know that bigotry exists and sadly will continue to exist but that doesn't mean that I give up. Instead I look to find allies that will help me fight the cancer of bigotry.

2. Julianne Newmark:

   People come from all over the world and see the shrine that Frieda built for his ashes, he (Lawrence) would later say there was something about New Mexico that you can never really shake.

3. Judge Judy Sheindlin:

   The fact that Richard Lawrence is complaining about my salary is actually hilarious, i met Mr. Lawrence for 2 hours some 21years ago. Neither I nor anyone involved in the day-to-day production of my program has heard from him in 20 years. Not a card, not a gift, not a flower, not a congratulations. Yet he has somehow received over $17,000,000 from my program. My rudimentary math translates that into $8,500,000 an hour for Mr. Lawrence. Not a bad payday. Now complaining about not getting enough money, that’s real chutzpah!

4. Cristo Fernandez:

   Everything on set with [ executive producers ] Jason [ Sudekis ], Brendan [ Hunt ], Joe [ Kelly ], and Bill [ Lawrence ], I'm just learning so much from them -- how they managed and how they preserved that good vibes environment, again, it was such a really nice experience.

5. Columbia Gas:

   Shoemaker said.Lastly, after Columbia Gas is sold, an independent monitor chosen by the U.S. Department of Transportation will monitor a new companys activities to ensure compliance with state and federal safety regulations and report it to the government on a monthly basis. NiSource also has subsidiaries in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky and Virginia. As per a separate agreement, it will implement the recommendations made by the national transportation safety board in the wake of the gas explosions in Massachusetts two years ago. SUPREME COURT HEARS ATLANTIC COAST PIPELINE CASE, ROBERTS WARNS OF IMPERMEABLE BARRIER ALONG APPALACHIAN TRAIL Columbia Gas, through a pattern of flagrant indifference, in the face of extreme risk to life and property, knowingly violated minimum safety standards for starting up and shutting down gas pipelines, Shoemaker said. Federal investigators blamed the explosions on over-pressurized gas lines, saying the company failed to account for critical pressure sensors as workers replaced century-old cast-iron pipes in Lawrence. That omission caused high-pressure gas to flood the neighborhoods distribution system at excessive levels. Todays resolution with the U.S. Attorneys Office is an important part of addressing the impact.

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