Lewis, C. S. Lewis, Clive Staples Lewis
(noun) English critic and novelist; author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963)
Lewis, Sinclair Lewis, Harry Sinclair Lewis
(noun) United States novelist who satirized middle-class America in his novel Main Street (1885-1951)
Lewis, John L. Lewis, John Llewelly Lewis
(noun) United States labor leader who was president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 and president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1935 to 1940 (1880-1969)
Lewis, Meriwether Lewis
(noun) United States explorer and soldier who lead led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River (1774-1809)
Lewis, Carl Lewis, Frederick Carleton Lewis
(noun) United States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961)
Lewis, Jerry Lee Lewis
(noun) United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Lewis (plural Lewises)
A male given name from Frankish
A surname.
An English patronymic surname.
An Irish patronymic surname, an anglicization of Lobhaois, itself from Old French Louis.
A Welsh patronymic surname, an adopted anglicization of Llywelyn.
The title given to a partially apprenticed Freemason who is normally the Master or Son of a practicing Freemason; one practising or learning the degrees of Freemasonry after introduction to the degrees and before full induction or before becoming a Worshipful Brother.
Lewis (plural Lewises)
Ellipsis of Isle of Lewis.; An island in Scotland, United Kingdom.
From namesake.
Lewis
A locale in United States.
A city in Iowa.
A city in Kansas; named for journalist M. M. Lewis.
A town in Essex County, New York; named for Morgan Lewis, 3rd Governor of New York.
A town in Lewis County, New York; named for its county, itself for Morgan Lewis.
A town in Vermont; named for landowners Nathan, Sevignior and Timothy Lewis.
A census-designated place in Colorado.
A census-designated place in Wisconsin; named for founder Charles E. Lewis.
An unincorporated community in Indiana.
An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for landowner Howell Lewis.
An unincorporated community in North Carolina.
A ghost town in California.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lewis is the 29th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 531,781 individuals. Lewis is most common among White (58.2%) and Black/African American (34.8%) individuals.
• Liews, Weils, Wiles, lweis, wesil, wiles
lewis (plural lewises)
A cramp iron inserted into a cavity in order to lift heavy stones; used as a symbol of strength in Freemasonry.
Synonym: lewisson
(by extension, figurative) The son of a Freemason, envisaged as assisting his father in heavy work or in old age.
A kind of shears used in cropping woollen cloth.
• Liews, Weils, Wiles, lweis, wesil, wiles
Source: Wiktionary
Lew"is, Lew"is*son, n.
1. An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc.
2. A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth. Lewis hole, a hole wider at the bottom than at the mouth, into which a lewis is fitted. De Foe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
