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Lee

[lee]
–noun
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.
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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"). Leeward is 1666, "situated away from the wind," opposite of the weather side of the ship; leeway (1669) is sideways drift of a ship caused by wind.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Tsung-Dao Lee

Chinese-born American physicist who, with Chen Ning Yang, received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957 for work in discovering violations of the principle of parity conservation (the quality of space reflection symmetry of subatomic particle interactions), thus bringing about major refinements in particle physics theory

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