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Meaning of lewis

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Lewis
      n 1: United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
           [syn: {Lewis}, {Jerry Lee Lewis}]
      2: United States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for
         his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961) [syn:
         {Lewis}, {Carl Lewis}, {Frederick Carleton Lewis}]
      3: United States explorer and soldier who lead led an expedition
         from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River (1774-1809)
         [syn: {Lewis}, {Meriwether Lewis}]
      4: 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) [syn: {Lewis}, {John L. Lewis}, {John Llewelly
         Lewis}]
      5: United States novelist who satirized middle-class America in
         his novel Main Street (1885-1951) [syn: {Lewis}, {Sinclair
         Lewis}, {Harry Sinclair Lewis}]
      6: English critic and novelist; author of theological works and
         of books for children (1898-1963) [syn: {Lewis}, {C. S.
         Lewis}, {Clive Staples Lewis}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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