lewis

IPA: ɫˈuɪs

Root Word: Lewis

noun

  • A male given name from Frankish
  • A surname.
  • An English surname originating as a patronymic.
  • A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Lobhaois, itself from Old French Louis.
  • A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic], an adopted anglicization of Llywelyn.
  • The title given to a partially apprenticed Freemason who is normally the Master or Son of a practicing Freemason; one practising or learning the degrees of Freemasonry after introduction to the degrees and before full induction or before becoming a Worshipful Brother.
  • A locale in the United States:
  • A census-designated place in Montezuma County, Colorado.
  • An unincorporated community in Vigo County, Indiana.
  • A minor city in Cass County, Iowa.
  • A minor city in Edwards County, Kansas; named for journalist M. M. Lewis.
  • An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri; named for landowner Howell Lewis.
  • A town in Essex County, New York; named for Morgan Lewis, 3rd Governor of New York.
  • A town in Lewis County, New York; named for its county, itself for Morgan Lewis.
  • An unincorporated community in Granville County, North Carolina.
  • A town in Essex County, Vermont; named for landowners Nathan, Sevignior and Timothy Lewis.
  • A census-designated place in Clam Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin; named for founder Charles E. Lewis.
  • A ghost town in California.
  • A number of townships, listed under Lewis Township.
  • A cramp iron inserted into a cavity in order to lift heavy stones; used as a symbol of strength in Freemasonry.
  • (by extension, figurative) The son of a Freemason, envisaged as assisting his father in heavy work or in old age.
  • A kind of shears used in cropping woollen cloth.
  • Ellipsis of Isle of Lewis; an island in Scotland, United Kingdom. [An island area, the larger northern part of Lewis and Harris, in the Outer Hebrides, Western Isles council area, Scotland.]
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Examples of "lewis" in Sentences

  • His father gave him a lewis.
  • I used a lewis to turn it down.
  • Lewis was uninjured in the attack.
  • I use a lewis instead of a hammer.
  • Lewis graciously let the matter be.
  • I am not good at handling the lewis.
  • Lewis was the female lead in the film.
  • Lewis wrote the introduction to the book.
  • He used lewis in order to pick up the hot stone.
  • It is the northernmost point of the Isle of Lewis.

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