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Lovelace

[ luhv-leys ]
/ ˈlʌvˌleɪs /
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noun
Richard, 1618–56, English poet.
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Lovelace
/ (ˈlʌvˌleɪs) /

noun
Countess of, title of Ada Augusta King. 1815–52, English mathematician and personal assistant to Charles Babbage: daughter of Lord Byron. She wrote the first computer program
Richard. 1618–58, English Cavalier poet, noted for To Althea from Prison (1642) and Lucasta (1649)
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