wallace

Noun wallace has 3 senses

• wallace(n = noun.person) sir william wallace - 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);
is a kind of freedom fighter, insurgent, insurrectionist, rebel

• wallace(n = noun.person) edgar wallace, richard horatio edgar wallace - English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932);
is a kind of author, writer

• wallace(n = noun.person) alfred russel wallace - English naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913);
is a kind of natural scientist, naturalist