Lawes
Americannoun
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Henry Harry, 1596–1662, English composer.
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Lewis E(dward), 1883–1947, U.S. penologist.
noun
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Henry. 1596–1662, English composer, noted for his music for Milton's masque Comus (1634) and for his settings of some of Robert Herrick's poems
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his brother, William . 1602–45, English composer, noted for his harmonically experimental instrumental music
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Former England captain Courtney Lawes is set to leave French side Brive at the end of the season.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
"I'm having an experience in Brive that I'll never forget, both on and off the pitch," said Lawes.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
In the first innings, Ben Foakes and Tom Lawes broke a 120-year-old record for Surrey's seventh wicket against Warwickshire.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
Lawes retired from international rugby at the end of the 2023 World Cup in France but playing in the Prem again could open the door to an England return.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
Though the change was long awaited, the advent of bureaucratic administration seemed to guarantee that the visionary tendency of an Osborne and the humane one of a Lawes were things of the past.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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