lewis

¹ American  

[loo-is] / ˈlu ɪs /

noun

1. a device for lifting a dressed stone, consisting of a number of pieces fitting together to fill a dovetailed recess cut into the stone.

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Lewis ² American  

[loo-is] / ˈlu ɪs /

noun

1. Carl Frederick Carlton Lewis, born 1961, U.S. track and field athlete.

2. C(live) S(taples) 1898–1963, English novelist and essayist, known for The Chronicles of Narnia. Pen names: Clive Hamilton, N. W. Clerk.

3. Edward, 1918–2004, U.S. biologist: shared Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1995.

4. Gilbert Newton, 1875–1946, U.S. chemist.

5. (Harry) Sinclair, 1885–1951, U.S. novelist, playwright, and journalist: Nobel Prize in Literature 1930.

6. Henry, 1932–96, U.S. orchestral conductor.

7. Isaac Newton, 1858–1931, U.S. soldier and inventor.

8. Jerry Lee, 1935–2022, U.S. country-and-western and rock-'n'-roll singer, musician, and composer.

9. John (Aaron), 1920–2001, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and musical director.

10. John L(lewellyn), 1880–1969, U.S. labor leader.

11. Matthew Gregory Monk, 1775–1809, English novelist, dramatist, and poet, known for the genre of Gothic horror.

12. Meriwether 1774–1809, U.S. explorer: leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition 1804–06.

13. (Percy) Wyndham 1884–1957, English novelist, essayist, and painter who cofounded the movement of vorticism; born in Canada.

14. R(ichard) W(arrington) B(aldwin), 1917–2002, U.S. biographer, literary critic, and scholar.

15. a male given name.

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Lewis ¹ British  

/ ˈluːɪs /

noun

1. Carl. full name Frederick Carleton Lewis . born 1961, US athlete; winner of the long jump, 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1984 Olympic Games; winner of the 100 metres in the 1988 Olympic Games; winner of the long jump in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games

2. See Day-Lewis

3. C ( live ) S ( taples ). 1898–1963, English novelist, critic, and Christian apologist, noted for his critical work, Allegory of Love (1936), his theological study, The Screwtape Letters (1942), and for his children's books chronicling the land of Narnia

4. Lennox. born 1965, Canadian and British boxer; won Olympic gold (1988) for Canada in the superheavyweight division; won various professional heavyweight titles between 1994 and 2004

5. Matthew Gregory, known as Monk Lewis. 1775–1818, English novelist and dramatist, noted for his Gothic horror story The Monk (1796)

6. Meriwether. 1774–1807, American explorer who, with William Clark, led an overland expedition from St Louis to the Pacific Ocean (1804–06)

7. ( John ) Saunders (ˈsɔːndəz). 1893–1985, Welsh poet, dramatist, critic, and politician: founder (1926) and president (1926–39) of the Welsh Nationalist Party

8. ( Harry ) Sinclair. 1885–1951, US novelist. He satirized the complacency and philistinism of American small-town life, esp in Main Street (1920) and Babbitt (1922): Nobel prize for literature 1930

9. Wally. born 1959, Australian rugby league player; played 33 matches for Australia (1981–91), scoring 11 tries

10. ( Percy ) Wyndham. 1884–1957, British painter, novelist, and critic, born in the US: a founder of vorticism. His writings include Time and Western Man (1927), The Apes of God (1930), and the trilogy The Human Age (1928–55)

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Lewis ² British  

/ ˈluːɪs /

noun

1. the N part of the island of Lewis with Harris, in the Outer Hebrides. Pop: about 17 000 (2001). Area: 1634 sq km (631 sq miles)

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lewis ³ British  

/ ˈluːɪsən, ˈluːɪs /

noun

1. a lifting device for heavy stone or concrete blocks consisting of a number of curved pieces of metal or wedges fitting into a dovetailed recess cut into the block

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Etymology

Origin of lewis

First recorded in 1730–40; perhaps after the surname of the inventor

Example Sentences

The title was previously won by future stars such as Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Lando Norris, and Maisy said she was determined to win a place in the renowned F1 Academy so she could follow a similar path.

From BBC

The American-bred colt won the Derby, ridden by Geoff Lewis, as well as the Eclipse Stakes, the King George VI Stakes, the Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe to make Balding champion trainer in 1971.

From BBC

Burry became famous for predicting the housing market crash that delivered the great financial crisis in 2008, and was featured in Michael Lewis’s book The Big Short.

From MarketWatch

Roland Engebretsen and Rebecca Lindsay, the co-founders of Macaulay College, near Stornoway in Lewis, have both been awarded MBEs for services to education, social inclusion and to people with additional support needs.

From BBC

Lisa Dykstra, a partner at Morgan Lewis, said companies have been closely re-evaluating their workplace policies in light of the federal government’s stance.

From The Wall Street Journal