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