Lucas

[loo-kuhs]

noun

1. George, born 1944, U.S. film director.

2. a male given name, form of Luke.

Lucas

/ ˈluːkəs /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

L.A.’s transformation might be most apparent in two events planned for next year, when the Geffen Galleries at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art both open.

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Lucas Boye almost made the teenager pay at the other end, firing narrowly wide before half-time.

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French police controller Lucas Philippe was elected head of Interpol on Thursday at its 93rd assembly general in Morocco, the law enforcement agency posted on X.

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In 2026, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is scheduled to open in Los Angeles—another signal event in the return of the heady transports of fantasy illustration to critical and popular esteem.

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Mr. Spielberg later recommended the composer to George Lucas, and in a matter of months the soundtrack to “Star Wars” was finished.

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