[lee] 
| 1. | protective shelter: The lee of the rock gave us some protection against the storm. |
| 2. | the side or part that is sheltered or turned away from the wind: We erected our huts under the lee of the mountain. |
| 3. | Chiefly Nautical. the quarter or region toward which the wind blows. |
| 4. | pertaining to, situated in, or moving toward the lee. |
| 5. | by the lee, Nautical. accidentally against what should be the lee side of a sail: Careless steering brought the wind by the lee. |
| 6. | under the lee, Nautical. to leeward. |
[lee] | 1. | Ann, 1736–84, British mystic: founder of Shaker sect in U.S. |
| 2. | Charles, 1731–82, American Revolutionary general, born in England. |
| 3. | Doris Em⋅rick [em-rik] , 1905–1986, U.S. painter. |
| 4. | Fitz⋅hugh [fits-hyoo or, often, -yoo; fits-hyoo or, often, -yoo] , 1835–1905, U.S. general and statesman (grandson of Henry Lee; nephew of Robert E. Lee). |
| 5. | Francis Light⋅foot [lahyt-foot] , 1734–97, American Revolutionary statesman (brother of Richard H. Lee). |
| 6. | Gypsy Rose (Rose Louise Hovick), 1914–70, U.S. entertainer. |
| 7. | Harper, born 1926, U.S. novelist. |
| 8. | Henry (“Light-Horse Harry”), 1756–1818, American Revolutionary general (father of Robert E. Lee). |
| 9. | Kuan Yew [kwahn yoo] , born 1923, Singapore political leader: prime minister 1959–90. |
| 10. | Man⋅fred Bennington [man-frid] , (“Ellery Queen”), 1905–71, U.S. mystery writer, in collaboration with Frederic Dannay. |
| 11. | Richard Henry, 1732–94, American Revolutionary statesman (brother of Francis L. Lee). |
| 12. | Robert E(dward), 1807–70, U.S. soldier and educator: Confederate general in the American Civil War (son of Henry Lee). |
| 13. | Sir Sidney, 1859–1926, English biographer and critic. |
| 14. | Spike (Shelton Jackson Lee), born 1957, U.S. film director, screenwriter, and actor. |
| 15. | Tsung-Dao [dzoong-dou] , born 1926, Chinese physicist in the U.S.: Nobel prize 1957. |
| 16. | a town in W Massachusetts: resort. 6247. |
| 17. | a male or female given name. |
| lee (lē) n.
[Middle English le, from Old English hlēo, shelter, protection; see kelə-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
| Lee (lē) British religious leader and founder (1776) of the Shakers in America. |
| Lee, Charles 1731-1782. British-born American Revolutionary general whose performance at the Battle of Monmouth (1778), when he ordered a retreat instead of attacking, brought about his court-martial and dismissal. |
| Lee, Gypsy Rose 1914-1970. American burlesque entertainer who also wrote best-selling mystery novels, including The G-String Murders (1941). |
| Lee, Henry Known as "Light Horse Harry." 1756-1818. American Revolutionary politician and soldier. He served in the Virginia legislature (1785-1788 and 1789-1791) and as governor of Virginia (1792-1795). |
| Lee, Kwan Yew Born 1923. Singaporean lawyer. Upon negotiating Singapore's independence from Great Britain, he became the republic's first prime minister (1959-1990). |
| Lee, (Nelle) American writer. Her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), dealing with racial injustice in the South, won a Pulitzer Prize. |
| Lee, Richard Henry 1732-1794. American Revolutionary leader who proposed the resolution calling for the independence of the American colonies from England (1776). |
| Lee, Robert Edward 1807-1870. American Confederate general in the Civil War. He won victories at Bull Run (1862), Fredericksburg (1862), and Chancellorsville (1863) before surrendering to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox (1865). |
| Lee, Shelton Jackson Known as "Spike." Born 1957. American director, screenwriter, and actor whose films, including Do the Right Thing (1989) and Malcolm X (1992), explore American racism. |
