lewis
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Carl Frederick Carlton Lewis, born 1961, U.S. track and field athlete.
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C(live) S(taples) 1898–1963, English novelist and essayist, known for The Chronicles of Narnia. Pen names: Clive Hamilton, N. W. Clerk.
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Edward, 1918–2004, U.S. biologist: shared Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1995.
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Gilbert Newton, 1875–1946, U.S. chemist.
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(Harry) Sinclair, 1885–1951, U.S. novelist, playwright, and journalist: Nobel Prize in Literature 1930.
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Henry, 1932–96, U.S. orchestral conductor.
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Isaac Newton, 1858–1931, U.S. soldier and inventor.
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Jerry Lee, 1935–2022, U.S. country-and-western and rock-'n'-roll singer, musician, and composer.
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John (Aaron), 1920–2001, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and musical director.
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John L(lewellyn), 1880–1969, U.S. labor leader.
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Matthew Gregory Monk, 1775–1809, English novelist, dramatist, and poet, known for the genre of Gothic horror.
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Meriwether 1774–1809, U.S. explorer: leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition 1804–06.
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(Percy) Wyndham 1884–1957, English novelist, essayist, and painter who cofounded the movement of vorticism; born in Canada.
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R(ichard) W(arrington) B(aldwin), 1917–2002, U.S. biographer, literary critic, and scholar.
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a male given name.
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Carl. full name Frederick Carleton Lewis . born 1961, US athlete; winner of the long jump, 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1984 Olympic Games; winner of the 100 metres in the 1988 Olympic Games; winner of the long jump in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games
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See Day-Lewis
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C ( live ) S ( taples ). 1898–1963, English novelist, critic, and Christian apologist, noted for his critical work, Allegory of Love (1936), his theological study, The Screwtape Letters (1942), and for his children's books chronicling the land of Narnia
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Lennox. born 1965, Canadian and British boxer; won Olympic gold (1988) for Canada in the superheavyweight division; won various professional heavyweight titles between 1994 and 2004
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Matthew Gregory, known as Monk Lewis. 1775–1818, English novelist and dramatist, noted for his Gothic horror story The Monk (1796)
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Meriwether. 1774–1807, American explorer who, with William Clark, led an overland expedition from St Louis to the Pacific Ocean (1804–06)
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( John ) Saunders (ˈsɔːndəz). 1893–1985, Welsh poet, dramatist, critic, and politician: founder (1926) and president (1926–39) of the Welsh Nationalist Party
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( Harry ) Sinclair. 1885–1951, US novelist. He satirized the complacency and philistinism of American small-town life, esp in Main Street (1920) and Babbitt (1922): Nobel prize for literature 1930
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Wally. born 1959, Australian rugby league player; played 33 matches for Australia (1981–91), scoring 11 tries
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( Percy ) Wyndham. 1884–1957, British painter, novelist, and critic, born in the US: a founder of vorticism. His writings include Time and Western Man (1927), The Apes of God (1930), and the trilogy The Human Age (1928–55)
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Etymology
Origin of lewis
First recorded in 1730–40; perhaps after the surname of the inventor
Example Sentences
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Barrie Reynolds featured in the video for Swift's Opalite song, which also brought together a number of celebrities who appeared with her on the Graham Norton show, including singer Lewis Capaldi and Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson.
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It proved decisive as Lewis Martin's late try for Hull set up a tense finale, but York stood firm in their final defensive set and climb to third in the early season standings.
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Think Nicole Schwerzinger in the late 2000s and early 2010s when she was associated with Lewis Hamilton.
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Donnelly said he then said: "Lewis, I humbly apologise...It's not often my phone takes calls from a seven time world champion."
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Waitrose, which is owned by the John Lewis Partnership, said it would replace its mackerel products with "responsibly sourced" alternatives in order to "make a stand against overfishing and support long-term health and sustainability of fish stocks".
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