| lawrence | (n) 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), Syn. Laurentius, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence |
| lawrence | (n) Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935), Syn. Thomas Edward Lawrence, T. E. Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia |
| lawrence | (n) English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830), Syn. Sir Thomas Lawrence |
| lawrence | (n) English actress (1898-1952), Syn. Gertrude Lawrence |
| lawrence | (n) United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958), Syn. E. O. Lawrence, Ernest Orlando Lawrence |
| lawrence | (n) English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930), Syn. David Herbert Lawrence, D. H. Lawrence |
| lawrence | (n) a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856 |
