Lewis English

Meaning Lewis meaning

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Lewis Proper noun

— Lewis is a male given name.

Lewis

— noun United States novelist who satirized middle-class America in his novel Main Street (1885-1951)

— noun United States explorer and soldier who lead led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River (1774-1809)

— noun 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)

— noun English critic and novelist; author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963)

— noun United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)

— noun United States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961)

Synonyms Lewis synonyms

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Lewis English » English

Sinclair Lewis

Meriwether Lewis

Louis

John Llewelly Lewis

John L. Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis

Harry Sinclair Lewis

Frederick Carleton Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis

Carl Lewis

C. S. Lewis

lewis English » English

lewisson

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Josh Lewis, professor of 18th-century poetry.

You see, Case, the trouble with me is that I never could decide whether I wanted to be Joan of Arc, Florence Nightingale or John L. Lewis.

London Brighton and South Coast line. Bax Hill on to Lewis non-stop, then onto New Haven, evening boat to Vienna.

Mrs. Lewis, do you know if Jacob Miller's kids got taken?

Lewis?

Meillyn Lewis.

Meillyn Lewis, do you admit your sin?

Freda Lewis.

Miss Lewis.

I wonder if Lewis Carroll ever dreamed it would live forever.

Give me a hand with this Lewis gun.

And the Lewis gun.

I'm with Miss Lewis.

Miss Lewis, dear.

Edeson and director Lewis Milestone for All Quiet on the Western Front, in 1930, liberated the camera from the cumbersome booths that had been used to muffle noise when sound was introduced in the late 1920s.

His name is Hugh Lewis.

Hello, darling. You're Mr Lewis, I presume?

Oh, Dearden. This is Hugh Lewis, Diana Roggers' husband.

Lewis, I must thank you too.

You will understand now, General why I didn't do so before. What have you to say to this, Lewis?

That thin line of blood indicating an almost vertical cut. It matches completely the cut on your hand, Lewis. Why, the wound on Dearden's hand is an inch shorter and horizontal.

That evidence is going to hang you, Lewis.

We were sure Lewis was the murderer.

May I answer the phone, Lewis?

Lewis.

Calling Dr. Lewis.

Didn't you hear what Ted Lewis said?

I'm gonna have Ted Lewis and the Andrews Sisters.

If we ever had a place like this, we'll hire Ted Lewis.

I know Meillyn Lewis is no worse than I am.

That one is too small, Lewis!

Oh Lewis, I forgot.

And that Moose had a bad knee. and that Lewis was taking care of it.

Oh, write yourself a book, Lewis!

My, but Lewis was worried.

News and current affairs

When contemporary economists think of economic dualism, they think first and foremost of the Nobel laureate Sir W. Arthur Lewis.

Lewis turned Boeke's idea on its head, arguing that labor migration from traditional agriculture to modern industrial activities is the engine of economic development.

Indeed, for Lewis, the coexistence of the traditional alongside the modern is what makes development possible.

These gaps are problematic, but, as Lewis emphasized, they also constitute a potential engine for economic growth.