Lenoir

American  

[luh-nwar, luh-nawr, -nohr] / ləˈnwar, ləˈnɔr, -ˈnoʊr /

noun

1. Jean Joseph Étienne 1822–1900, French inventor.

2. a town in W North Carolina.

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Lenoir Scientific  

/ lĕ-nwär′ /

1. French inventor who in 1859 constructed the first practical internal-combustion engine, which was fueled by coal gas and air. He later built a car and a boat that were powered by this engine.

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Example Sentences

The bank is privately owned by an investment group led by Scot Lenoir, Evolve’s website shows.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

“This rebuild is going to require another generation of craftspeople,” said Dixon Mitchell, who runs Fairfield Chair Co. out of Lenoir, N.C.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

As I walked through them, I immediately went to those representing Lenoir County and Jones County, North Carolina, where most of my family was born and raised.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025

Lenoir said that one of the crows targeted in the most recent rampage was injured but not killed.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025

“De Turpissima Conceptione, Nativitate, et aliis Præsagiis Diaboliciis illius Turpissimi Hominis Antichristi,” is the title of a strange little volume published by Lenoir in A. D.

From Curious Myths of the Middle Ages by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)