r.e. lee
noun
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Ann, 1736–84, British mystic: founder of Shaker sect in U.S.
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Charles, 1731–82, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
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Gypsy Rose ( Rose Louise Hovick ) 1914–70, U.S. entertainer.
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Harper, born 1926, U.S. novelist.
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Henry ( "Light-Horse Harry" ) 1756–1818, American Revolutionary general (father of Robert E. Lee).
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Richard Henry, 1732–94, American Revolutionary statesman (brother of Francis L. Lee).
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Robert E(dward) 1807–70, U.S. soldier and educator: Confederate general in the American Civil War (son of Henry Lee).
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Sir Sidney, 1859–1926, English biographer and critic.
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Spike ( Shelton Jackson Lee ) born 1957, U.S. film director, screenwriter, and actor.
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a town in W Massachusetts: resort.
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a male or female given name.
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lee (liː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a sheltered part or side; the side away from the direction from which the wind is blowing |
| 2. | nautical by the lee so that the wind is blowing on the wrong side of the sail |
| 3. | nautical under the lee towards the lee |
| —adj | |
| 4. | (prenominal) nautical Compare weather on, at, or towards the side or part away from the wind: on a lee shore |
| [Old English hlēow shelter; related to Old Norse hle] | |
| Lee1 (liː) | |
| —n | |
| a river in SW Republic of Ireland, flowing east into Cork Harbour. Length: about 80 km (50 miles) | |
| Lee2 (liː) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Ang (æŋ). born 1954, Taiwanese film director; his films include Sense and Sensibility (1995), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), and Brokeback Mountain (2005) |
| 2. | Bruce, original name Lee Yuen Kam. 1940--73, US film actor and kung fu expert who starred in such films as Enter the Dragon (1973) |
| 3. | Gypsy Rose, original name Rose Louise Hovick. 1914--70, US striptease and burlesque artiste, who appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies (1936) and in films |
| 4. | Laurie (ˈlɒrɪ). 1914--97, British poet and writer, best known for the autobiographical Cider with Rosie (1959) |
| 5. | Richard Henry. 1732--94, American Revolutionary statesman, who moved the resolution in favour of American independence (1776) |
| 6. | Robert E(dward). 1807--70, American general; commander-in- chief of the Confederate armies in the Civil War |
| 7. | Spike, real name Shelton Jackson Lee. born 1957, US film director: his films include She's Gotta Have It (1985), Malcolm X (1992), and 25th Hour (2002) |
| 8. | T(sung)-D(ao) (tsuːŋ daʊ). born 1926, US physicist, born in China. With Yang he disproved the principle that that parity is always conserved and shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1957 |
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Word Origin & History
lee
O.E. hleo "shelter," from P.Gmc. *khlewo- (cf. O.N. hle, Dan. læ, Du. lij "lee, shelter"); no known cognates outside Gmc.; original sense uncertain and may have been "warm" (cf. Ger. lau "tepid," O.N. hly "shelter, warmth").
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