lawrence

/lˈɔɹəns/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. 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. 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. English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830)
4. English actress (1898-1952)
5. United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958)
6. English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930)
7. a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856

Synonyms for lawrence

• Saint Lawrence
• St. Lawrence
• Laurentius
• T. E. Lawrence
• Thomas Edward Lawrence
• Lawrence of Arabia
• Sir Thomas Lawrence
• Gertrude Lawrence
• E. O. Lawrence
• Ernest Orlando Lawrence
• D. H. Lawrence
• David Herbert Lawrence

Words that rhyme with lawrence

• abhorrence
• dorrance
• florance
• laurance
• laurence
• lawrance
• lorance
• lorence
• lowrance
• torrance
• torrence