Lowell

[loh-uhl]

noun

1. Abbott Lawrence 1856–1943, political scientist and educator: president of Harvard University 1909–33.

2. his sister Amy, 1874–1925, U.S. poet and critic.

3. James Russell, 1819–91, U.S. poet, essayist, and diplomat.

4. Percival, 1855–1916, U.S. astronomer and author (brother of Abbott Lawrence Lowell and Amy Lowell).

5. Robert, 1917–77, U.S. poet.

6. a city in NE Massachusetts, on the Merrimack River.

7. a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “little wolf.”

Lowell

/ ˈləʊəl /

noun

1. Amy ( Lawrence ). 1874–1925, US imagist poet and critic

2. James Russell. 1819–91, US poet, essayist, and diplomat, noted for his series of poems in Yankee dialect, Biglow Papers (1848; 1867)

3. Robert ( Traill Spence ). 1917–77, US poet. His volumes of verse include Lord Weary's Castle (1946), Life Studies (1959), For the Union Dead (1964), and a book of free translations of European poems, Imitations (1961)

Example Sentences

His lawyer, Abbe Lowell, said the charges stemmed from diary entries kept by Bolton over his 45-year career in public service.

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Abbe Lowell, a lawyer for James, has called the mortgage-fraud investigation political retribution.

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James’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, has defended the bank documents related to the 2023 purchase in detail, saying James corrected an error on the form and told her bank she wouldn’t be living there.

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James's attorney Abbe Lowell later said she would "fight these charges in every process allowed in the law".

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“If we start hearing about harmed patients, it’s highly likely FDA gets involved,” said Lowell Schiller, former acting chief counsel for the FDA in 2018.

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