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English → English (WordNet) Definition: Lawrence Lawrence n 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) [syn: Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence, Laurentius] 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) [syn: T. E. Lawrence, Thomas Edward Lawrence , Lawrence of Arabia] 3: English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830) [syn: Sir Thomas Lawrence] 4: English actress (1898-1952) [syn: Gertrude Lawrence] 5: United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958) [syn: E. O. Lawrence, Ernest Orlando Lawrence ] 6: English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930) [syn: D. H. Lawrence, David Herbert Lawrence ] 7: a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856