Lowell

[ loh-uhl ]

noun
  1. Ab·bott Lawrence [ab-uht], /ˈæb ət/, 1856–1943, political scientist and educator: president of Harvard University 1909–33.

  2. his sister, Amy, 1874–1925, U.S. poet and critic.

  1. James Russell, 1819–91, U.S. poet, essayist, and diplomat.

  2. Percival, 1855–1916, U.S. astronomer and author (brother of Abbott Lawrence Lowell and Amy Lowell).

  3. Robert, 1917–77, U.S. poet.

  4. a city in NE Massachusetts, on the Merrimack River.

  5. a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “little wolf.”

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How to use Lowell in a sentence

  • A Lowell factory-girl would consider this entirely out of character, and a New-York milliner would be shocked at the idea of it.

    Glances at Europe | Horace Greeley
  • Moreover, Mr. Lowell has failed to discover any traces of clouds upon the surface of the planet.

    Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
  • Lowell straightened up suddenly, a tingle of apprehension running through him.

    Mystery Ranch | Arthur Chapman
  • The sheriff was out, but Lowell left the necessary information as to the location of the automobile and the body.

    Mystery Ranch | Arthur Chapman
  • Lowell was frankly worried as he sped away from the agency with Plenty Buffalo and the interpreter.

    Mystery Ranch | Arthur Chapman

British Dictionary definitions for Lowell

Lowell

/ (ˈləʊəl) /


noun
  1. Amy (Lawrence). 1874–1925, US imagist poet and critic

  2. James Russell. 1819–91, US poet, essayist, and diplomat, noted for his series of poems in Yankee dialect, Biglow Papers (1848; 1867)

  1. Robert (Traill Spence). 1917–77, US poet. His volumes of verse include Lord Weary's Castle (1946), Life Studies (1959), For the Union Dead (1964), and a book of free translations of European poems, Imitations (1961)

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