lawrence

Noun lawrence has 7 senses

• lawrence(n = noun.person) laurentius, saint lawrence, st. lawrence - 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);
is a kind of martyr, saint

• lawrence(n = noun.person) lawrence of arabia, t. e. lawrence, thomas edward lawrence - Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935);
is a kind of soldier, author, writer

• lawrence(n = noun.person) sir thomas lawrence - English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830);
is a kind of painter

• lawrence(n = noun.person) gertrude lawrence - English actress (1898-1952);
is a kind of actress

• lawrence(n = noun.person) e. o. lawrence, ernest orlando lawrence - United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958);
is a kind of nuclear physicist

• lawrence(n = noun.person) d. h. lawrence, david herbert lawrence - English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930);
is a kind of author, writer

• lawrence(n = noun.location) - a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856;
is a kind of town
is a part of kansas, ks, sunflower state