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Lester

American  
[les-ter] / ˈlɛs tər /

noun

  1. a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”


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In a white paper authored by Lester and Nelson, the two described the coming El Niño as a “reckoning” for the California coast.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

Karen Lester, the daughter of an Aboriginal man who went blind due to British nuclear tests in South Australia in the 1950s, will also be one of the inquiry's commissioners.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, most leading tenor saxophonists adapted either the hefty, gruff attack of Coleman Hawkins or the airy, linear style of Lester Young.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

About the author: Ashley Lester is the chief research officer at MSCI.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

We looked right at each other for a sec, and then he looked down at the rug while Lester introduced him to Jaden.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

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