Lucas

American

[loo-kuhs] / ˈlu kəs /

noun

George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
a male given name, form of Luke.

Lucas British

/ ˈluːkəs /

noun

George. born 1944, US film director, producer, and writer of screenplays. Films include American Graffiti (1973) and Star Wars (1977) and its prequels The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002), and Revenge of the Sith (2005)

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Example Sentences

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That isn’t surprising, said Lucas Davis, a UC Berkeley energy economist.

From Los Angeles Times

Lucas Samaras was born in Kastoria, Greece, and as a boy witnessed the horrors of the Greek Civil War.

From The Wall Street Journal

Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen took the men's giant slalom title to register a first Winter Olympic gold won by a South American nation.

From BBC

Now he was Han Solo in “Star Wars,” directed by a young upstart, George Lucas.

From Los Angeles Times

Lucas, meanwhile, dangled his idea for “Raiders of the Lost Ark” before Spielberg’s eyes, then told him that Philip Kaufman had dibs.

From Los Angeles Times

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