luce

¹ American  

[loos] / lus /

noun

1. a pike, especially when fully grown.

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Luce ² American  

[loos] / lus /

noun

1. Clare Boothe, 1903–87, U.S. writer, politician, and diplomat.

2. Henry Robinson, 1898–1967, U.S. publisher and editor (husband of Clare Boothe Luce).

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luce British  

/ luːs /

noun

1. another name for pike 1

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Etymology

Origin of luce

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French lus pike < Late Latin lūcius

Example Sentences

I appreciated learning, in Edward Luce’s “Zbig,” a biography of the diplomat Zbigniew Brzezinski, about his role in containing Soviet aggression and the lessons that reverberate today as we respond to Vladimir Putin’s attempt to conquer Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Troy narrates efforts by Harry and Jack Warner—the Warner Brothers—to propagandize the New Deal; Henry Ford’s ham-fisted attempt to keep Woodrow Wilson out of the war in Europe; the magazine publisher Henry Luce’s early approval and later detestation of Roosevelt; Oprah Winfrey’s decision to cast aside her apolitical stance and go all in for Barack Obama; and much else.

From The Wall Street Journal

He’s given his friends the AI “broligarchs,” in Ed Luce’s term in the Financial Times, “carte blanche.”

From The Wall Street Journal

After five years at home, during which time she wrote two nonfiction books and advised nonprofits, Begg joined the Luce Center in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nostalgia for the so-called American Century, as the publisher Henry Luce dubbed the 20th century, is not what it once was.

From The Wall Street Journal