Lewes

[loo-is]

noun

1. George Henry, 1817–78, English writer and critic.

2. a city in East Sussex, in SE England: battle 1264.

3. a river flowing N and NW from Tagish Lake to join the Pelly River, in S Yukon Territory, Canada, forming the Yukon River: called the Upper Yukon River since 1945. About 338 miles (544 km) long.

Lewes

/ ˈluːɪs /

noun

1. a market town in S England, administrative centre of East Sussex, on the River Ouse: site of a battle (1264) in which Henry III was defeated by Simon de Montfort. Pop: 15 988 (2001)

Example Sentences

In 2017 Lewes Football Club, where I am a director, became the first - and still the only - professional or semi-professional club in the country to resource its women's and men's teams equally.

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The Lewes FC campaign is not only about equality between the women's and men's competitions, it also asks for a more equitable split within the men's competition.

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Ben Taylor manages the Iford Estate, farming land near Lewes in Sussex.

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Chichester City, whose match against Lewes on Saturday has been postponed, posted on X: "Rest in peace Billy. Forever in the hearts of all at Chichester City Football Club."

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Zoe Nicholson, the Green Party leader of Lewes District Council, reiterated her anger at BHCC's plans, adding that making plans to reorganise other areas of Sussex without consultation showed "a complete lack of respect".

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