Lewis - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- United States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961)
- United States explorer and soldier who lead led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River (1774-1809)
- United States labor leader who was president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 and president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1935 to 1940 (1880-1969)
- United States novelist who satirized middle-class America in his novel Main Street (1885-1951)
- English critic and novelist; author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963)
Extra examples
...in the painting Sacagawea is imaged as an intrepid woman pointing the way for Lewis and Clark...
...the first exploration of the Missouri River from its mouth to its headwaters was made by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in the early 1800s...
Lewis consented to go as high as twenty-five thousand crowns.
The following year Lewis went one better by winning the gold medal.
Lewis was boiling with rage and misery.
Lewis is his main challenger for the world title.
They're selling linen off cheap in Lewis's.
Lewis has kept a clean sheet in every game (=not let the other team score).
Lewis has a fighting chance to win the gold medal.
Lewis entered flanked by two bodyguards.
Lewis's novel doesn't flatter Midwestern attitudes and morals.
Lewis stopped off in Jamaica before flying on to Toronto.
Lewis was much admired for his work on medieval literature.
With a gasp of pure horror, Lewis jumped up and ran.
Lewis' ideas were grounded in his Christian faith.
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